Neo-Darwinian

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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"