_____ was the scientist who explained the theory of acquired characteristics after Darwin.

Alfred Russel Wallace

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Jean Baptiste de Monet Lamarck

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Gregor Mendel

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Robert Hook

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Solution

The correct option is C Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics, combined his inputs on the theory of acquired characters along with Darwin's theory of natural selection to postulate 'Neo-Darwinism'. Lamarck was the first scientist to put forth the theory of acquired inheritance but he failed to explain the genetic concept behind inheritance.

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___ was the scientist who explained the theory of acquired characteristics after Darwin.

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(d) Wallace

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