Planetary Ecologist<p>Genetic assimilation (Evolutionary biology 🧬)</p><p>Genetic assimilation is a process described by Conrad H. Waddington by which a phenotype originally produced in response to an environmental condition, such as exposure to a teratogen, later becomes genetically encoded via artificial selection or natural selection. Despite superficial appearances, this does not require the inheritance of acqu...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_assimilation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_</span><span class="invisible">assimilation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneticAssimilation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticAssimilation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EvolutionaryBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvolutionaryBiology</span></a></p>