neo-lamarckianism

Updated: May 16, 2025

Granting these conclusions, monstrosities on the one side, and dimorphous wild species on the other, constitute the most striking examples of the inheritance of latent characters. The bearing of the phenomena of dimorphism upon the principles of evolution formulated by Lamarck, and modified by his followers to constitute Neo-Lamarckianism, remains to be considered.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation