Multiple choice

Who among the following scientists provided the first evidence against inheritance of acquired character?

Lamarck proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characters and the theory of use or disuse of organs.

  1. Charles Darwin

  2. Herbert Spencer

  3. Alfred Wallace y.

  4. Paul Kammerer

  5. August Weismann
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Explanation

August Weismann who proposed the theory of continuity of germplasm also provided the first evidence against inheritance of acquired character.

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