Multiple choice

Which one does not favour Lamarckian concept of inheritance of acquired characters?

  1. Lack of pigment in cave dwellers.

  2. Absence of limbs in snakes.

  3. Presence of webbed toes in aquatic birds.

  4. Melanization of Peppered Moth in industrial areas.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The melanization of the Peppered Moth is a classic example of natural selection acting on existing genetic variation, not the inheritance of acquired characters as proposed by Lamarck.

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