GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
Acquired Characters, traits developed in the body through changes in environment or function, in contra-distinction to those which have their specific causes in the germ-cells.
Adaptation (L. ad, to; aptus, fit), fitness to environment.
Albinism (L. albus, white), a condition of deficiency in pigment.
Allelomorph (Gr. allelon, of one another; morphē, form), one of a pair of alternate Mendelian characters.