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extragenetic

a. Describing any form of heredity that does not involve genetics

Usage examples of "extragenetic".

Only an extragenetic learning system can possibly cope with the swiftly changing circumstances that our species faces.

The most complex organisms on Earth today contain substantially more stored information, both genetic and extragenetic, than the most complex organisms of, say, two hundred million years ago-which is only 5 percent of the history of life on the planet, five days ago on the Cosmic Calendar.

Thus large and complex organisms, by the mere fact of their existence, have to have substantial resources of extragenetic information.

Where such communication is essential for survival, there is already some evidence that apes transmit extragenetic or cultural information.