Acquired feature inheritance

La·marck·ism (l

-mär

m) also La·marck·i·an·ism (-k

-n

A theory of biological evolution holding that species evolve by the inheritance of traits acquired or modified through the use or disuse of body parts.

[After Chevalier de Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck.]

Lamarckism [lɑːˈmɑːkɪzəm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the theory of organic evolution proposed by Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744-1829), the French naturalist, based on the principle that characteristics of an organism modified during its lifetime are inheritable See also acquired characteristic, Neo-Lamarckism

Lamarckism

the theory of organic evolution advanced by the French naturalist Lamarck that characteristics acquired by habit, diseases, or adaptations to change in environment may be inherited. — Lamarckian, n., adj.

See also: Evolution

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Lamarckism - a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring

evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution - (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals

Neo-Lamarckism - a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters

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Acquired Epileptic Aphasia (landau-kleffner syndrome)
Acquired epileptiform aphasia
Acquired External Auditory Canal Atresia
acquired facts
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