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Lamarckism

La·marck·ism [ la mr kìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
theory of evolution by acquired characteristics: the evolutionary theory of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck that holds that evolution proceeds through the inheritance of characteristics acquired by individual organisms

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