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One experimenter cut the talls of parent rats, what could be the traits in offsprings?

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1. If the tails of parent rats were ct their offsprings will have normal tails.
2. This is because the bodily changes which may occur due to environment won't be passed to its offspring
3. cutting of tail will not c hage the DNA of the germ cells, it is a bodily change. Therefore loss of tail is not a trait that can be inherited by progeny of tailless rats.
4. Augustus weismann did this experiment on rats to test the theory of Inheritance of acquired characters proposed by lamarck
5. He re3moved tails of parental rats.
5. He removed tails of parental rats. 6. he observed its offsprings which have normal tails. 7. he has done it again for twenty two generations but offsprings are with normal tails .
7. he has done to again for twenty two generations but offsprings are with normal talls.
8.Thus he proved that the bodily changes which may occure due to environment won't be passed to its offspring.
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