neo-Lamarckism

noun

¦nē(ˌ)ō+

variants or Neo-Lamarckism

: a modern theory of evolution based on Lamarckism and retaining the fundamental concept that acquired characters are inherited: such as

a

: the theory that evolution results from the action of natural selection upon acquired characters

b

: the theory that evolutionary change is the direct product of the interaction of organism and environment compare neo-darwinism

Word History

Etymology

ne- + lamarckism

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