Plasticity Can Be Understood as Not Being Lamarckian Because

question 8

Multiple Choice

Plasticity can be understood as not being Lamarckian because

• A) we now know how to evaluate the difference between an organism's will to change and the underlying genetic code that creates that change
• B) DNA sequencing has been able to clearly establish the process of modification
• That precludes the possibility of a willed change by an organism
• C) modification happens before genetic changes appear that keep the change in place across generations
• D) genetic changes always precede phenotypic changes which is something that Lamarck was not aware of at that time

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