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Who was the first scientist to perform series of experiments to study acquired and inherited traits?

A
Watson
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Sutton
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C
Mendel
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Khurana
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Solution

The correct option is D Mendel
Mendel was the first one to perform experiments to study acquired and inherited traits in organisms. He used a pea plant for his studies and proposed the laws of inheritance of traits.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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