Write a short notes on the law of “inheritance of acquired characte

1.	Write a short notes on the law of “inheritance of acquired characters”.
Answer» 1. Law of inheritance of acquired characters was proposed by Jean Baptist Lamarck. 2. He thought that the characters acquired by an organism in its life time are passed to its offsprings. 3. He thought that at same point of time in the history, the size of giraffe was equal to that of deer. 4. Due to shortage of food material on the ground and lower branches of trees giraffes started stretching their necks. 5. Because of continuous usage of neck, after several generations giraffes obtained longer necks. 6. Such characters that are developed during the lifetime of an organism are called acquired characters.

Write a short notes on the law of “inheritance of acquired characters”.

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1. Law of inheritance of acquired characters was proposed by Jean Baptist Lamarck.

2. He thought that the characters acquired by an organism in its life time are passed to its offsprings.

3. He thought that at same point of time in the history, the size of giraffe was equal to that of deer.

4. Due to shortage of food material on the ground and lower branches of trees giraffes started stretching their necks.

5. Because of continuous usage of neck, after several generations giraffes obtained longer necks.

6. Such characters that are developed during the lifetime of an organism are called acquired characters.