mutationism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theory emphasizing mutation as a creative principle and source of discontinuity in evolutionary change, particularly associated with the founders of modern genetics.

Word forms

mutationism

Etymology

From mutation + -ism.

Related words

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