Darwinian evolution aka Darwinism was merged with population

Darwinian evolution, aka \"Darwinism\", was merged with population genetics in the early 1900s to produce what is now commonly referred to as:

a. Neo-Lamarkianism

b. orthogenesis

c. mutationism

d. the modern synthesis

Solution

Ans:

A theory of the late 1800s and early 1900s, based on Lamarckism, that adaptive characteristics acquired by an organism during its lifetime could be inherited by its offspring.

Ans: option a. Neo-Lamarkianism