Although the heterozygote gives it an atavistic appearance, the gene is not atavistic.

Thus the gene which produced atavistic digits in the vigorous heterozygous pentadactyl condition is a lethal monster in the homozygous condition.

Reactivation of a dormant atavistic gene could account for the abnormal costocoracoid ligament in humans.

The true perversion took place only in the privacy of her mind — the way she imagined an atavistic macho atop her when engaged in a mandatory contribution to the fetus-banks with some cretinous inept breeder…

Because I am atavistic enough to believe that drawing is the basic language of the illustrator, even as words comprise the basic language of the writer…

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