neo-Lamarckism

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

nounBiology.
  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.

Other words from neo-Lamarckism

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

Words Nearby neo-Lamarckism

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How to use neo-Lamarckism in a sentence

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

    Creative Evolution | Henri Bergson
  • That is to say that neo-Lamarckism is no more able than any other form of evolutionism to solve the problem.

    Creative Evolution | Henri Bergson
  • So we come to the only one of the present forms of evolution which remains for us to mention, viz., neo-Lamarckism.

    Creative Evolution | Henri Bergson

British Dictionary definitions for Neo-Lamarckism

Neo-Lamarckism

/ (ˌniːəʊləˈmɑːkɪzəm) /


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

Derived forms of Neo-Lamarckism

  • Neo-Lamarckian, adjective, noun

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