Neo-Darwinian
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neo-Darwinian — adjective of or relating to Darwin s theories as modified by modern genetic findings Neo Darwinian theories • Pertains to noun: ↑neo Darwinism • Derivationally related forms: ↑neo Darwinism … Useful english dictionary
neo-Darwinian — adjective Date: 1895 of or relating to neo Darwinism • neo Darwinian noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
neo-Darwinian — neo Dar·win·ian där win ē ən adj of or relating to neo Darwinism C. R. Darwin see DARWINIAN … Medical dictionary
Neo-Darwinian — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neo-Darwinian — adjective Biology relating to the modern version of Darwin s theory of evolution by natural selection, incorporating the findings of genetics. Derivatives neo Darwinism noun neo Darwinist noun & adjective … English new terms dictionary
Neo-Darwinism — is the modern synthesis of Darwinian evolution through natural selection with Mendelian genetics, the latter being a set of primary tenets specifying that evolution involves the transmission of characteristics from parent to child through the… … Wikipedia
Darwinian literary studies — (aka Literary Darwinism) is a branch of literary criticism that studies literature in the context of evolution by means of natural selection, including gene culture coevolution. It represents an emerging trend of neo Darwinian thought in… … Wikipedia
neo-Darwinism — neo Darwinian, adj., n. neo Darwinist, n. /nee oh dahr wi niz euhm/, n. Biol. 1. the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, esp. Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the… … Universalium
neo-Darwinism — noun a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations • Derivationally related forms: ↑neo Darwinian • Hypernyms: ↑Darwinism * * * “+ noun Usage: often capitalized N & usually capitalized D Etymology: ne +… … Useful english dictionary
neo-Darwinism — Charles Darwin knew nothing of the mechanism of heredity when he proposed his theory of evolution, even though this was some forty years after Mendel had initiated the study of genetics through his work on pea heredity. Neo Darwinism is the… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
