Acoording to the germplasm theory of inheritance, environmental factors affect only .
A
germ cells
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B
somatic cells
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C
gametes
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D
stem cells
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Solution
The correct option is B somatic cells August Weismann proposed the germplasm theory of evolution. The theory suggests that environmental factors affect only the somatic cells and not germ cells. Only those characters that were present in the germ cells were inherited by the subsequent generations.