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physiological cycle

physiological cycle In this historical usage, the physiological cycle refers to the chain of bodily and hereditary causes that shape individuals through physical inheritance.

In this historical usage, the physiological cycle refers to the chain of bodily and hereditary causes that shape individuals through physical inheritance. It is described as interacting with psychological and social life, for example when mate choice affects heredity or when inherited bodily traits alter a person's social advantages or disadvantages.