獲かく得とく形けい質しつ

noun

acquired characteristics

Biological term referring to traits acquired during an organism's lifetime, as opposed to inherited ones. Often used in discussions of Lamarckism.

• 獲かく得とく形けい質しつは遺い伝でんしないというのが現げん代だい生せい物ぶつ学がくの定てい説せつだ。

  It is an established theory in modern biology that acquired characteristics are not inherited.