Theory of continuity of germplasm negated _____ .

darwinism

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lamarckism

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theory of natural selection

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theory of special creation

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Solution

The correct option is B lamarckism
August Weismann discovered that environmental factors affect only the somatic cells and not germ cells. Thus, he explained that acquired characters would be lost with the death of that organism. Therefore he discarded lamarckism, which proposes that changes in an organ or somatic cells due to environmental factors, are inherited by future generations.

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