Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:logic
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
inheritance of acquired characteristics
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| gptkbp:basisFor |
use and disuse of organs
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| gptkbp:category |
biologist
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| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
Darwinian evolution
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| gptkbp:describes |
the idea that traits acquired during an organism's lifetime can be passed to offspring
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| gptkbp:example |
giraffes stretching their necks
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| gptkbp:field |
biology
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| gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
early 19th century
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Lamarckian inheritance
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| gptkbp:influenced |
early evolutionary thought
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
modern genetics
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| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
epigenetics
largely discredited in modern biology |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Weismann_barrier
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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