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a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
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- n. a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
- 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. opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo- Darwinism. -- Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an, a. & n.
- The theory which holds natural selection, as explained byDarwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants andanimals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp.opposed to Neo-Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an, a. & n.
- n. a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations