The-Living-World Question 441
Question: Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was putforth by [AFMC 1997; KCET 1998; MP PMT 1995, 2001; CPMT 2000; KCET 1999]
Options:
A) Lamarck
B) Weismann
C) Galton
D) de Vries
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744?1829), a French biologist putforth his views on the evolution of life as a theory of ‘inheritance of acquired characters’ in his book ‘Philosophic Zoologique’ (1809).