Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Perhaps unfairly, Lamarckism is now most associated with

• A. catastrophism
• B. essentialism
• C. creationism
• D. inheritance of acquired characteristics

Answer 1

The correct option is D inheritance of acquired characteristics

Whatever an individual acquires (to possess) characters in its lifetime due to internal vital force, the effect of environment, new needs and use and disuse of organs, they are inherited (transmitted) to the next generations. The process continues. After several generations, the variations are accumulated up to such extent that they give rise to new species.

So the correct option is D, inheritance of acquired characteristics.