Baldwin Effect
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(New page: The '''Baldwin Effect''' describes an evolutionary process where a learned trait becomes bit by bit innate: although it has been acquired originally by the phenotype through learning, it ...) |
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by the phenotype through learning, it is finally specified in the genotype. | by the phenotype through learning, it is finally specified in the genotype. | ||
A character or trait change occurring in an organism becomes | A character or trait change occurring in an organism becomes | ||
| - | gradually assimilated into its genetic specification. | + | gradually assimilated into its genetic specification, and |
| - | The effect is named after | + | an acquired characteristic becomes gradually an inherited one. |
| + | The effect is named after James Mark Baldwin, an American | ||
who described it in 1896. | who described it in 1896. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* Wikipedia Entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_effect Baldwin Effect] | * Wikipedia Entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_effect Baldwin Effect] | ||
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| + | * [http://www.apperceptual.com/baldwin-editorial.html 100 Years of the Baldwin Effect] | ||
[[Category:Evolutionary Principles]] | [[Category:Evolutionary Principles]] | ||
