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A scientist who worked on rats,
cut their tails up to 21 successive generations
but at last he found that tail remained normal. By giving this experimental theory, which of the following scientist got disapproved?

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Darwin
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Lamarck
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Hugo de Vries
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Mendel
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Solution

The correct option is B Lamarck
This experiment disproves the theory of inheritance of acquired characters, because the tailless condition is an acquired characteristic but it is not inherited by succeeding generations. Lamarck gave theory of inheritance of acquired characters.

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