Set up an experiment to test Lamarck’s theory of acquired inheritance

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Set up an experiment to test Lamarck’s theory of acquired inheritance

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Lamarck was a great evolutionist. He gave the theory of acquired inheritance or the theory of use and disuse of organs. According to this theory In due course of evolution many organs are not required and hence they are  lost in future generations.  similarly many organs do develop which are not well developed in their ancestors due to their requirement and these traits are passed onto their offsprings.

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