Lamarckism and Acquired Characters — NEET Biology
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He gave the examples of Giraffes who in an attempt to forage leaves on tall trees had to adapt by elongation of their necks. As they passed on this acquired character of elongated neck to succeeding generations, Giraffes, slowly, over the years, came to acquire long necks. Nobody believes this conjecture any more.
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The example used by Lamarck to explain evolution was
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Correct answer: A — giraffe’s neck
He proposed that giraffes stretched their necks over generations, passing this trait on.
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He gave the examples of Giraffes who in an attempt to forage leaves on tall trees had to adapt by elongation of their necks. As they passed on this acquired character of elongated neck to succeeding generations, Giraffes, slowly, over the years, came to acquire long necks.
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Evolution, Class 12 NCERT Biology.
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