lamarckism

• Научная теория эволюции, предполагающая, что организмы могут передавать потомству признаки, приобретённые в течение жизни.

A scientific theory of evolution that suggests organisms can pass on characteristics acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.

uncountable · proper noun

1. Theory of acquired characteristicsC1formalscientific

   An early theory of evolution proposing that organisms can pass on characteristics acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.

   Теория наследования приобретённых признаков

   • Lamarckism suggests that a giraffe stretching its neck to reach leaves would pass on a longer neck to its young.
   • The concept of Lamarckism was largely replaced by Darwinian natural selection.
   • Modern epigenetics has revived some interest in aspects of Lamarckism.

   Antonymsdarwinism