atavism ['ætəvizəm]

英汉解释

n. 返祖现象；隔代遗传

同义词

n. reversion，throwback

参考例句

1. The atavism appears in the crisscross inheritance as well as in the other genetic way.
隔代遗传既出现在交叉遗传当中，也出现在其它遗传当中。
2. I have even read in a book of criminology that the tramp is an atavism, a throw-back to the nomadic stage of humanity.
我甚至在一本关于犯罪学的书上读到过流浪是种隔代遗传现象，是向人类之游牧阶段的回归。
3. The crisscross-inheritance and atavism are two different concepts in essence. The crisscross-inheritance is a dynamic variation that pathogenic genes of X-chromosome vary with the X-chromosome.
交叉遗传和隔代遗传是有本质区别的两个概念，交叉遗传是指位于X染色体上的致病基因随X染色体的动态变化而变化。

英英解释

n.
  1. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

网络释义

atavism
返祖; 隔代遗传; 返祖现象; 间代遗传;
false atavism
偶发杂交;
atavism reversion
隔代遗传;
atavism antigen
返祖抗原;
atavism Academic Counseling
间代遗传;