Neo-darwinism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The modern synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection with the modern genetic understanding of heredity. uncountable
"Now his ideas have been neatly combined with those of Gregor Mendel, and the overall narrative – known as ‘neo-Darwinism’ – seems complete."
- 2 a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations wordnet
Example
More examples"Now his ideas have been neatly combined with those of Gregor Mendel, and the overall narrative – known as ‘neo-Darwinism’ – seems complete."
Etymology
From neo- + Darwinism.
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