neo-darwinian

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

neo-Darwinian
    adj 1: of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern
           genetic findings; "Neo-Darwinian theories"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Neo-Darwinism \Ne`o-Dar"win*ism\, n.
   The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by
   Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and
   animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters;
   -- esp. opposed to {Neo-Lamarckism}. Weismannism is an
   example of extreme Neo-Darwinism. -- {Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an}, a.
   & n.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]