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Evolutionary biology

the process by which a trait first produced only in response to an environmental cue becomes produced without that cue after selection.

In evolutionary biology, genetic assimilation refers to the process by which a trait first produced only in response to an environmental cue becomes produced without that cue after selection. This meaning comes from Waddington (1953) in Evolution.[1]

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References

Waddington, C. H. (1953). Genetic Assimilation of an Acquired Character. Evolution, 7(2), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1953.tb00070.x

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