Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Proposed That Changes in the Characteristics of a Population

question 7

Multiple Choice

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that changes in the characteristics of a population are a result of traits acquired during an organism's lifetime being inherited by that organism's offspring.What is wrong with this proposal?

• A) Only changes in the DNA sequence of an organism can be inherited. Traits that are acquired throughout life generally do not alter DNA.
• B) The environment chooses which traits are necessary for survival, rather than the individual.
• C) Changes in a species occur at the individual level rather than the population level.
• D) The inheritance of acquired traits would not lead to speciation, because it would cause all the individuals in a population to become more similar.

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