Multiple choice

Surgically removing tails of mice over several generations does not yield mice without tails. What does it prove?

  1. Cutting tails does not cause genetic change. So, it is not inherited.

  2. Acquired characters during one's own life are not inherited.

  3. Neither (1) nor (2)

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. NA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Both these statements are correct.