(a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alternatively, I argue that social evolution is rather driven by what I call pseudo-Lamarckian inheritance.
(2) & Miller, S. (1988) Nature (London) 335, 142-145] have suggested a Lamarckian mechanism of directed mutation.
(3) Finally, I argue that Lamarckian and pseudo-Lamarckian inheritance are just special cases of faithful replication which are found in the development of some higher-order units, such as multicellular organisms and human societies.
(4) Therefore, inherited epigenetic changes in the structure of chromatin can influence neo-Darwinian evolution as well as cause a type of "Lamarckian" inheritance.
(5) Although it is usually assumed that Lamarckian inheritance does not and cannot occur, molecular mechanisms by which non-mutational changes acquired in one generation can be transmitted to the next are now known.
Lamarckism
Definition:
(n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Coca leaves (Erythroxylum coca Lamarck) and powder (5 - 10 g) were taken orally by human subjects in the same way as South American natives do.
(2) The 8 trace metals are Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb, which are contained in the soft part of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck).
(3) Whole samples of Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 and eggs of Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck, 1816 were collected on the coast of Ras Beirut, Lebanon in the summer and fall of 1977 and the spring of 1978.
(4) n. from the intestine of the prosobranch mollusc Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1801), is described.
(5) These new fossils, dates, analyses, and interpretations lead to confirmation and refinement of the mosaic scheme of human evolution as proposed by early evolutionists such as Lamarck, Haeckel, and Darwin.
(6) A comparative study was performed of the essential oil extracted from the fruiting apex of Bupleurum gibraltaricum Lamarck (Umbelliferae) collected in different areas within the province of Granada, including the Cázulas mountains, the Balcón de Canales and the Quéntar Reservoir.
(7) The roots of Caragana chamlagu Lamarck (Leguminosae) are used as an anti-neuralgic, anti-rheumatic, anti-arthritic, etc.
(8) Experiments presented in this study show that Octopus vulgaris Lamarck is able to open transparent glass jars closed with a plastic plug and containing a live crab (Carcinus mediterraneus).
(9) "The in vivo intestinal absorption of D(+)glucose by Eledone (Eledone moschata Lamarck), a cephalopod mollusc, is decreased by 2.10(-4)M phlorizin and increased by 2.10(-2)M phlorizin.
(10) This principle springing from Lamarck has got a contemporary meaning in the doctrine of Darwin.
(11) It is argued that only two such mechanisms may conceivably exist, Lamarckism and Darwinism.
(12) The content of eight trace elements (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb) in the soft part of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck) is also considered.
(13) Soviet agricultural science was held back for decades because of the ideology of Trofim Lysenko, who was a proponent of Lamarckism,” he said.
(14) This claim is defended by way of an historical survey of the major concepts of 'chance' in the history of evolutionary biology, especially the concepts used by Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Charles Darwin, and Sewall Wright.