neo-Lamarckism

[ nee-oh-luh-mahr-kiz-uhm ]

noun

, Biology.

1. Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.

Neo-Lamarckism

/ ˌniːəʊləˈmɑːkɪzəm /

noun

1. a theory of evolution based on Lamarckism, proposing that environmental factors could lead to adaptive genetic changes

Derived Forms

• ˌNeo-Laˈmarckian, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• neo-La·marcki·an adjective noun
• neo-La·marckist noun

Example Sentences

There, to our thinking, is one of the most solid positions of neo-Lamarckism.

From Project Gutenberg

That is to say that neo-Lamarckism is no more able than any other form of evolutionism to solve the problem.

From Project Gutenberg

So we come to the only one of the present forms of evolution which remains for us to mention, viz., neo-Lamarckism.

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