neo-Darwinism

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Theory of biological evolution (widely accepted since the 1920s) based on Darwin’s theory of natural selection but incorporating the theories of later biologists regarding genes, inheritance, and mutation, particularly those of Weismann and Mendel.
See: Mendelism, Weismannism
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 919 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'neo-Darwinism' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14874 RIS BibTex EndNote
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