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PRONUNCIATION OF LAMARCKIAN

Lamarckian  [lɑːˈmɑːkɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAMARCKIAN

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Lamarckian can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES LAMARCKIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lamarckian

Lamarckism

Lamarckism is the idea that an organism can pass on characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime to its offspring. It is named after the French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who incorporated the action of soft inheritance into his evolutionary theories as a supplement to his concept of an inherent progressive tendency driving organisms continuously towards greater complexity, in parallel but separate lineages with no extinction. Lamarck did not originate the idea of soft inheritance, which proposes that individual efforts during the lifetime of the organisms were the main mechanism driving species to adaptation, as they supposedly would acquire adaptive changes and pass them on to offspring. When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution by natural selection in On the Origin of Species, he continued to give credence to what he called "use and disuse inheritance", but rejected other aspects of Lamarck's theories. Later, Mendelian genetics supplanted the notion of inheritance of acquired traits, eventually leading to the development of the modern evolutionary synthesis, and the general abandonment of the Lamarckian theory of evolution in biology.

Definition of Lamarckian in the English dictionary

The definition of Lamarckian in the dictionary is of or relating to Lamarck. Other definition of Lamarckian is a supporter of Lamarckism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAMARCKIAN


Algonkian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
Algonquian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
archaean
ɑːˈkɪən
Archilochian
ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən
batrachian
bəˈtreɪkɪən
Chomskyan
ˈtʃɒmskɪən
conquian
ˈkɒŋkɪən
Czechoslovakian
ˌtʃɛkəʊsləʊˈvækɪən
epinikian
ˌɛpɪˈnɪkɪən
Gulbenkian
ɡʊlˈbɛŋkɪən
Kentuckian
kɛnˈtʌkɪən
Milwaukeean
mɪlˈwɔːkɪən
Neo-Lamarckian
ˌniːəʊlɑːˈmɑːkɪən
Noachian
nəʊˈeɪkɪən
ornithischian
ˌɔːnɪˈθɪskɪən
Pickwickian
pɪkˈwɪkɪən
Seljukian
sɛlˈdʒuːkɪən
Slovakian
sləʊˈvækɪən
tauromachian
ˌtɔːrəˈmeɪkɪən
Wallachian
wɒˈleɪkɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAMARCKIAN

Lalo
lam
Lam.
lama
Lamaism
Lamaist
Lamaistic
Lamarck
Lamarckism
Lamartine
lamaseries
lamasery
lamb
lamb chop
lamb down
Lamb of God
Lamb shift

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAMARCKIAN

Adrian
Asian
Australian
Brazilian
Brian
Bulgarian
Canadian
Christian
Egyptian
guardian
humanitarian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
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Maldivian
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physician
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Synonyms and antonyms of Lamarckian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Lamarckian» into 25 languages

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The translations of Lamarckian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Lamarckian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拉马克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lamarckiana
570 millions of speakers

English

Lamarckian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लेमार्कवादी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Lamarckian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ламарка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lamarckian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লামার্কপন্থী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamarckienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lamarckian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lamarckian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラマルク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라마르크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lamarckian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Lamarckian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Lamarckian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Lamarckian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lamarkçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lamarckiana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lamarckowskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ламарка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lamarckian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λαμαρκιανή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Lamarckiaanse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Lamarckian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Lamarckian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lamarckian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMARCKIAN»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAMARCKIAN»

Discover the use of Lamarckian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lamarckian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution: The Lamarckian Dimension
' -The Quarterly Review of Biology 'In my view, this work exemplifies Theoretical Biology at its best...here is rampant speculation that is consistently based on cautious reasoning from the available data.
Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, 1999
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A Catalogue of the Shells, Arranged According to the ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
John C. (John Clarkson) Jay, 2012
3
Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to ...
A reappraisal of Lamarckism--its historical impact and contemporary significance.
Snait Gissis, Eva Jablonka, 2011
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Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Systems: 5th ...
In summary, the same conclusion from Lamarckian evolution and Baldwin effect is that the organisms possess an enormous potential to improve its adaptation to ever shifting circumstances, and this capability will be transmitted to their ...
Zhihua Cai, Hengjian Tong, Zhuo Kang, 2010
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Advances in Artificial Life: 10th European Conference, ECAL ...
Although the results show a slight trend towards Lamarckian adaptation, the selection process does not truly discriminate between Lamarckian and Baldwinian learning regardless of the number of generations between changes. The modest ...
György Kampis, István Karsai, Eörs Szathmáry, 2014
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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: Third ...
10, we can see that the quality of obtained solution sets is degraded by increasing the probability of the Lamarckian repair. In order to examine the validity of a so-called 5% rule [12, 13], we perform exhaustive computational experiments using ...
Carlos A. Coello Coello, Arturo Hern??ndez Aguirre, Eckart Zitzler, 2005
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Knowledge Incorporation in Evolutionary Computation
Lamarckian learning, and the rest of the chromosomes are taken for Bald- winian learning. Lamarckian evolution was also adopted by Yao and Liu [41] to construct feedforward networks. Backpropagation and simulated annealing have been ...
Yaochu Jin, 2004
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Handbook of Economic Organization: Integrating Economic and ...
At first sight this seems very Lamarckian, because as we repeat the behaviour of our teacher and we develop the appropriate habits, our acquired behaviour ( copied from another) gets encoded in our own habits. Our habit replicators change ...
Anna Grandori, 2013
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Genetic Algorithms and Engineering Design
Among them are Lamarckian evolution and memetic algorithms. 1.5.1 Lamarckian Evolution Perhaps the early studies which linked genetic algorithm and Lamarckian evolution theory were due to the following individuals: Grefenstette, who ...
Mitsuo Gen, 1997
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Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human ...
should be that cultural variation may, in some cases, be continuous, and that cultural transmission may, in some cases, be blending.55 Is Cultural Evolution Lamarckian? Another common belief of early biologists, including Darwin, was that ...
Alex Mesoudi, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAMARCKIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Lamarckian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beware the pseudo gene genies | Science | The Guardian
Creationists cite epigenetics to assert that Darwin was wrong, and that epigenetics may show Lamarckian evolution – that is, acquired during ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Peter Saunders Sorts Out Confusion Over "Epigenetics" | Suzan Mazur
I remember once chatting with Ernst Mayr, and he admitted to me: " Look up until about 1920 I was a Lamarckian." I was a bit surprised by ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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June biology highlights: sand flies, CRISPR, Ebola, chicken eggs …
In their commentary, The Lamarckian chicken and the Darwinian egg, Yitzhak Pilpel and Oded Rechavi use the well-know 'chicken and egg' ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
4
Artificial DNA acts just like the real thing. Does that mean we should …
For the better part of two centuries, flaws in a purely Lamarckian perspective have been debated, and environmentally-induced changes ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
5
Chicken or Egg? More Flirting with Lamarck
Here's a cute paper, "The Lamarckian chicken and the Darwinian egg," in Biology Direct, by a couple of Israeli researchers. It's open access so ... «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
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The fallout from Q&A continues
Wayne, if you believe genomes aren't passed on in the Darwinian as opposed to Lamarckian sense, it's difficult to know where to begin. «Crikey, Jun 15»
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Obama Compares Chapel Hill Muslim Shooting Victims to …
For the captain of the self-appointed Party of Science™ to embrace the Lamarckian notion that racism is socially created and then passed down ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
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Gnosticism vs. The Incarnation: The Ancient Battle Renewed
This “Lamarckian” notion of the inheritance of acquired characteristics is the model for the Gnostic overcoming of our fallen condition. Instead of ... «Catholic World Report, Jun 15»
9
Quality, quantity, and freshness in the reproductive game
One idea has emerged from recent and controversial investigations into Lamarckian inheritance of ancestral fears. In particular, the idea has ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
10
Of Chocolate and Confirmation Bias
... More life · Lamarckian Inheritance: Passing what you have learned to your children · Black Holes Aren't Real — Science Sensationalism vs. «h+ Magazine, Jun 15»

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