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Who believed that an organ in disuse will become vestigial?

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Mendel

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De Vries

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C

Lamarck

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Darwin

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Solution

The correct option is C
Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) believed that an organ in disuse will become vestigial.

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