Write a short note on the law of " inheritance of acquired characters".

Explanation

1. Law of inheritance of acquired characters was proposed by jean baptist Lamarck.
2. he told through this law that the acquired characters are passed to its offspring.
3. he thought that at some point of time in the history, the size of giraffe was equal to that of deer.
4 . Due to shortage of food material on the ground and lower branches of trees giraffes started stretching their necks.
5. because of continuous usage of neck, after several generations giraffes obtained longer necks.
6. Such characters that are developed during the liftime of an organism are called 'acquired characters."
7. The acquired characters are passed to their offsprings.