title: Lamarckian Illusions.
abstract: In recent years the term 'Lamarckian evolution' has become a household name for processes that do not follow classical Mendelian pattern of inheritance, and it is seen as a relevant complement to Darwinism. In this article I argue that bringing back Lamarck is unjustified and misleading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr Bohrgasse 9/5; 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: adam.weiss@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000235:genetics; D064112:Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000276:immunology
keywords: CRISPR; Darwinism; Lamarckism