neo darwinism

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Definition of neo darwinism in English English dictionary: Theory of evolution that represents a synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory in terms of natural selection and modern population genetics. The term was first used after 1896 to describe the theories of August Weismann (1834-1914), who asserted that his germ-plasm theory made impossible the inheritance of acquired characteristics and supported natural selection as the only major process that would account for biological evolution; a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
neodarwinism: Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo- Darwinism
neodarwinism: 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
neodarwinism: opposed to Neo- Lamarckism

neo darwinism

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neo Dar·win·i·sm

niō därwînîzım

/ˈnēō ˈdärwəˌnəzəm/ /ˈniːoʊ ˈdɑːrwɪˌnɪzəm/

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