The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence
the recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence
the reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence. Often also referred to as a throwback
{i} appearance of a trait belonging to a distant ancestor that has been dormant in recent generations (Biology)
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form