How did August Weisemann disprove the theory of “Inheritance of acqu

1.	How did August Weisemann disprove the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters” proposed by Lamarck? (OR) What example will you give to prove that Lamarckism is not correct?
Answer» 1. August Weisemann, tested the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters”proposed by Lamarck by an experiment on rats. 2. He removed tails of parental rats. 3. He observed its offsprings which have normal tails. 4. He has done it again for twenty two generations but still offsprings are normal with tails. 5. He proved that the bodily changes are not inherited. So they won’t be passed to its offspring. 6. Thus he disproved the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters”.

How did August Weisemann disprove the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters” proposed by Lamarck? (OR) What example will you give to prove that Lamarckism is not correct?

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1. August Weisemann, tested the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters”proposed by Lamarck by an experiment on rats.

2. He removed tails of parental rats.

3. He observed its offsprings which have normal tails.

4. He has done it again for twenty two generations but still offsprings are normal with tails.

5. He proved that the bodily changes are not inherited. So they won’t be passed to its offspring.

6. Thus he disproved the theory of “Inheritance of acquired characters”.