Category:Neo-darwinism

Ne`o-dar"win*ism, n.

Defn: 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.