Practice mode Evolution

Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 22 generations and found every new generation still had normal tails. Which idea did this experiment challenge?

Correct answer D. Inheritance of acquired characters

Explanation

If acquired changes were inherited, tail length should have shortened. Normal tails in every generation showed that changes to body cells are not passed on, contradicting Lamarck.

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