Meaning Of The Word Neo-Lamarckism

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Neo-Lamarckism in American English
a theory of inheritance based on a modification and extension of Lamarckism, essentially maintaining the principle that genetic changes can be influenced and directed by environmental factors
noun: Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold esp. that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution

Neo-Lamarckism in British English
noun: a theory of evolution based on Lamarckism, proposing that environmental factors could lead to adaptive genetic changes

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