Multiple choice

Which of the following evidences does not favour the Lamarckian concept of inheritance of acquired characteristics?

  1. Absence of limbs in snakes

  2. Presence of webbed toes in aquatic birds

  3. Melanisation in peppered moth

  4. Lack of pigment in cave dwelling animals

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Explanation

Melanisation in peppered moth does not favour the Lamarckian concept of inheritance of acquired characteristics. This concept of melanisation was put forward by Darwin.