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Definition of Neo-Darwinism
1. Noun. A modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations.
Definition of Neo-Darwinism
1. Noun. The modern synthesis of (w Charles Darwin)'s theory of natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neo-Darwinism
Literary usage of Neo-Darwinism
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 l § I. Criticisms of neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism
ADMITTING the possible truth of either of the current doctrines of heredity, ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... it strangely confuses neo-Darwinism with those «pecial contribution* made by
Gulick and Romanes, the factors of isolation and physiological selection. ..."
6. Darwinism To-day: A Discussion of Present-day Scientific Criticism of the by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... or at least of physical life units of similar type and function, Weismann
hopes to strengthen four weak places in the general position of neo-Darwinism. ..."
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