non-Darwinian
adjective
uk/ˌnɒn.dɑːˈwɪn.i.ən/us/ˌnɑːn.dɑːrˈwɪn.i.ən/notrelatingto orinvolvingDarwiniantheories(= thetheoriesof Charles Darwin, whichdescribedhowanimalsandplantschangeanddevelopover millions ofyears, with those that arebestsuitedtotheirenvironmentbeing the mostsuccessfulandothersthat are less wellsuitednotcontinuingtoexist):
There is afeelingthatevolutionmust consist of something moreorderly, and in thisrespect, theoldtraditionof non-Darwinianthinkingis stillalive.
Conservativethinkerschosetoaccepta non-Darwinianversionofevolution.
- Theyadvocatedalternative, non-Darwiniantheoriesofevolution, such as "saltationism", in whichgeneticmutationstransformspeciesinjumps.
- There are many non-Darwinianmechanismsby which asocietycanimpartsuchacquiredtraits,rangingfromschoolsandchurchestolegalinstitutions.
- Darwindescribedasteady,backgroundevolution, but there alsoseemsto be a non-Darwiniankindofevolutionthatfunctionsover veryshorttimeperiods.
Genetics
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- homologous
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- homozygote
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- paternal
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- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- sex chromosome
- transgenic
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