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

Other Word Forms

• neo-Lamarckian adjective
• neo-Lamarckist noun
• Neo-Lamarckian adjective