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

Inasmuch as Lamarck attempted to frame a theory of evolution in which the principle of natural selection had no part, the interpretation placed on their work by many bionomical investigators recalls the theories of Lamarck, and the name Neo-Lamarckism has been used of such a school of biologists, particularly active in America.

From Project Gutenberg

New doctrines and improved methods of enquiry have arisen—Mutationism, Mendelism, Weismannism, Neo-Lamarckism, Biometrics, Eugenics and what not—are being diligently exploited.

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Neo-Lamarckism is therefore, of all the later forms of evolutionism, the only one capable of admitting an internal and psychological principle of development, although it is not bound to do so.

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

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

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