Lamarckian

Of all the benefits, real or imaginary, of a robust vocabulary, perhaps the most appealing is that vocabulary is heritable — that you can pass it along to your children like an acquired trait in Lamarckian evolution.

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The orchestra has an institutional affinity for Berlioz that somehow gets passed down in Lamarckian fashion, but Les Troyens is a horse of a different color, as it were; the performance seemed to mark the transition from Levine's honeymoon period into a new era at the BSO.

Archive 2008-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

The orchestra has an institutional affinity for Berlioz that somehow gets passed down in Lamarckian fashion, but Les Troyens is a horse of a different color, as it were; the performance seemed to mark the transition from Levine's honeymoon period into a new era at the BSO.

Troy to Remember Matthew Guerrieri 2008

He incorporated so-called Lamarckian ideas into his work, but he never quite cracked the nut of heredity.

The Techno-Geek Speaks Greek - The Panda's Thumb 2006

American school, have advocated more and more strongly the importance of what may be called the Lamarckian factors of evolution, -- the inherited effects of increased or diminished use of organs, the direct influence of the environment, and so forth.

Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work 1904

The so-called Lamarckian theory, for instance, cannot be brought to bear upon the facts at all; and on the theory of special creation it is unintelligible why the phenomena of protective colouring should be of such general occurrence.

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871

Several scientists have also noted that prion-dependent phenotypes raise the very real possibility of specific direct environmental induction of a heritable phenotypic trait, a kind of Lamarckian evolution, or pre-programmed phenotypic switch 2-4,6,8,12.

Of Prions and People - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Although of course, heredity in Tolkien is some kind of Lamarckian-Lysenkoist notion - it's very obvious that acquired traits are inherited in Tolkien's Middle-Earth, so the fear of

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

Interestingly, the Darwinian and Lamarckian worldviews are intersecting in 2010.

Mark Hyman, MD: Why Your Genes Don't Determine Your Health MD Mark Hyman 2011

This means that a Lamarckian shift in brain wiring will almost certainly result in a seriously suboptimal configuration unlikely to thrive individually or collectively.

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: "Are We Not (as Good as) Men?" Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011