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Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was putforth by

A

Wallance

B

Lamarck

C

Darwin

D

De Vries

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B
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) was the greatest of French naturalists, who for the first time suggested a complete theory of evolution. Lamarckian theory is also known as 'Theory of inheritance of acquired characters' or 'Theory of use and disuse of organs'
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