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Lamarckism

DEFINITIONS OF: Lamarckism

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n a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring

Types:
Neo-Lamarckism
a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters
Type of:
evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution
(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
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