Question

Which of the following statement about Lamarck is true ?

• A. He was a French botanist who late become Zoologists
• B. He was an English naturalist who gave theory of evolution
• C. He was a polish scientist and gave law of inheritance
• D. He was a French scientist who gave inheritance by acquired characters

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) was a French naturalist. He gave the theory of inheritance of acquired characters. According to which due to environmental effect all that has been acquired by the organism during its life cycle is preserved by the generation and is transmitted to the off springs.