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Assertion (A) : Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them.
Reason (R ) : Lamarck's theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germplasm.

A

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

B

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

C

Assertion is true, but Reason is false

D

Assertion is false, but Reason is true

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The correct Answer is:
c
If human share ancestry with other primates such as prosimian, monkeys, etc, then remnants of that common ancestry should be present in our genes. The theory of continuity of germplasm was proposed by Weismann.
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