By Cutting Off the Tails of Mice in 22 Consecutive

question 5

Multiple Choice

By cutting off the tails of mice in 22 consecutive generations,August Weismann demonstrated that the final progeny had

• A)no tails at all.
• B)tails that were shorter than those of any previous generation.
• C)longer tails than those of any previous generation.
• D)tails the same length as those of the first and subsequent generations.
• E)a mixture of tail lengths.

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Definitions:

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