2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: neo-Darwinian adj : of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings; "Neo-Darwinian theories"
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