Neo-Darwinism
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neo-Darwinism \Ne`o-Dar"win*ism\, n.
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weismannism \Weis"mann*ism\, n. (Biol.)
The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded
by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to
germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of
transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called
neo-Darwinism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Neo-Darwinism
n : a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms
of genetic mutations
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