Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was given by

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Lamarck

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Darwin

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The correct option is B Lamarck
One of the first attempts to explain the mechanism of evolution was made by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck. His theory was called 'inheritance of acquired characters'. This theory states that the characters acquired during life time are passed on to the progeny and then to subsequent generations and over time the changes accumulate creating new species.

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