Lamarckism - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: lamarckismNeo Lamarckism
Lamarckism as revived modified and expounded by recent biologists esp as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment use or disuse of parts etc opposed of Neo Darwinism which see above...
Lamarckianism
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Lamarckism
The theory that structural variations characteristic of species and genera are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments and esp in the case of animals by effort or by use or disuse of certain organs It is a discredited theory not believed by modern biologists...
Neo Darwinism
The theory which holds natural selection as explained by Darwin to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals and denies the inheritance of acquired characters esp opposed to Neo Lamarckism Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo Darwinism...
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