lamarckism

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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.

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Lysenko claimed that his ideas were not associated to Lamarckism and that they were all their own, but this is not entirely true. Source: Internet

Lysenko's ideas were for the most part his own and not directly derived from any already established ideas such as Mendelian genetics theory, Lamarckism, or ideas from Darwin. Source: Internet

Herbert Spencer had already incorporated Lamarckism into his popular philosophy of progressive free market human society. Source: Internet

Richardson and Keuck (2002) "Haeckel’s ABC of evolution and development," p. 516 Ernst Haeckel attempted to synthesize the ideas of Lamarckism and Goethe 's Naturphilosophie with Charles Darwin 's concepts. Source: Internet

Jeff Riggenbach argues that Spencer's view was that culture and education made a sort of Lamarckism possible and notes that Herbert Spencer was a proponent of private charity. Source: Internet

Lamarckism is the hypothesis that an organism can pass on characteristics that it has acquired during its lifetime to its offspring. Source: Internet

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