neo-Lamarckian


Ne·o-La·marck·ism

N0057700 (nē′ō-lə-mär′kĭz′əm)n. A theory of the late 1800s and early 1900s, based on Lamarckism, that adaptive characteristics acquired by an organism during its lifetime could be inherited by its offspring.
Ne′o-La·marck′i·an (-mär′kē-ən) adj. & n.
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Adj.1.neo-Lamarckian - of or relating to a modern version of Lamarckism; "Neo-Lamarckian theories"