throwbacks

Spanish translation: reversión/atavismo

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English term or phrase:throwbacks
Spanish translation:reversión/atavismo
Entered by: traductorchile

02:17 Mar 30, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: throwbacks
Evolutonary throwbacks and genetic jumps
Occasionally genetic throwbacks occur, for intance a horse being born with multiple toes.
maringuer
reversión/atavismo
Explanation:
A ver, cuando un rasgo evoluciona de A a B (por ejemplo, de oído reptiliano a oído mamiferiano, simplificando) y después evoluciona de nuevo de B a A, a eso se le llama técnicamente reversión. También se puede decir que ese rasgo concreto ha evolucionado "hacia atrás", pues ha pasado a un estadio más primitivo.

reverse mutation/atavism
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2reversión/atavismo
traductorchile
4revés
swisstell
4anomalías
JH Trads
3alteraciones (genéticas)
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)


  

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revés


Explanation:
sufrir un revés

swisstell
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anomalías


Explanation:
sugerencia

JH Trads
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
reversión/atavismo


Explanation:
A ver, cuando un rasgo evoluciona de A a B (por ejemplo, de oído reptiliano a oído mamiferiano, simplificando) y después evoluciona de nuevo de B a A, a eso se le llama técnicamente reversión. También se puede decir que ese rasgo concreto ha evolucionado "hacia atrás", pues ha pasado a un estadio más primitivo.

reverse mutation/atavism

traductorchile
Chile
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agree  Eileen Banks
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agree  Kim Metzger
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alteraciones (genéticas)


Explanation:
Saludos,



Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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