Baldwin effect

noun

Etymology

Introduced by James Mark Baldwin.

Definitions

  1. The effect whereby an organism's ability to learn new behaviours affects its reproductive…

    The effect whereby an organism's ability to learn new behaviours affects its reproductive success and therefore changes the genetic makeup of its species through natural selection.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Baldwin effect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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