The Idea of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters Holds That

question 15

Multiple Choice

The idea of the inheritance of acquired characters holds that

• A) the physical result of the use or disuse of organs could be passed from one generation to the next.
• B) the environment does not allow for certain accidentally acquired characteristics to be passed from one generation to the next.
• C) as a species adapts to an environment, changes in gene frequency are passed to the next generation.
• D) only those characteristics that are acquired may be inherited.

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Definitions:

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