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Definition of Neo-Lamarckism
1. Noun. A modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neo-Lamarckism
Literary usage of Neo-Lamarckism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"Neo-Lamarckism AND NEO-DARWINISM.1 BY LH BAILEY. It is difficult to accept the
hypothesis of organic evolution in the abstract. In the first place, ..."
2. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1915)
"[Advertisement of Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism] History.—When I received my
200 reprints of the address, March 27, 1891, I wrote to Mr. Hodges, ..."
3. Development and Evolution: Including Psychophysical Evolution, Evolution by by James Mark Baldwin (1902)
"... AND ORGANIC SELECTION 1 § I. Criticisms of Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism
ADMITTING the possible truth of either of the current doctrines of heredity, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"A Discussion on Neo-Lamarckism was opened by Professor LLOYD- MORGAN. The following
Reports and Papers were read :— 2. ..."
5. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"Neo-Lamarckism AND NEO-DARWINISM.1 IT is difficult to accept the hypothesis of
organic evolution in the abstract. In the first place, there must be some ..."
6. Biology and Its Makers: With Portraits and Other Illustrations by William Albert Locy (1908)
"Neo-Lamarckism.—The ideas of Lamarck regarding the beginning of variations have
been revived and accorded much respect under the designation of ..."
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