The use and disuse principle of evolution or theory of 'Inheritance of Acquired Characters' was proposed by

Hugo de Vires

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Lamarck

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Weismann

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Darwin

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The correct option is B Lamarck
The theory of inheritance of acquired characters was proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, French biologist in 1801. He states that organism gets adapted to the changes of environment, which it meets in lifetime and passes it on to progenies and thus becomes heredity. Thus, the correct answer is 'Lamarck.'

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Assertion: Lamarck's theory of organic evolution states that use and disuse of organs and changes in environment cause inheritable variations.

Reason: The principle of inheritance of acquired characters.

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