neolamarckist
oʊ noun Biology.
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.
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ne·o-La·marck·i·an, adjective, noun
ne·o-La·marck·ist, noun
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| a theory of evolution based on Lamarckism, proposing that environmental factors could lead to adaptive genetic changes | |
| Neo-La'marckian | |
| —adj, —n | |
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