Question

Match the correct set.

Column I	Column II
I. Modified form of Lamarckism	A. G.L. Stebbins (1950)
II. Variation and evolution in plants	B. Neo-Lamarckism
III. Germinal selection theory	C. Etienne Geoffroy
IV. Supporter of Lamarck's theory	D. August Weismann

• A. I- A, II- B, III- C, IV- D
• B. I- D, II- B, III- C, IV- A
• C. I- B, II- A, III- D, IV- C
• D. I- D, II- A, III- C, IV- B

Answer 1

The correct option is C I- B, II- A, III- D, IV- C

To account for polymorphism Weismann developed hypothesis of germinal selection. He said that the germplasm has got not a single set of determiners but a number of different sets of determiners. It is the environment that decides which set of determiners will express themselves.

Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition". He was a colleague of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and expanded and defended Lamarck's evolutionary theories. Variation and Evolution in Plants is a book written by G. Ledyard Stebbins, published in 1950. Modified form of Lamarckism is neo lamarckism.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.