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Botanical Terms – Acquired Characteristics
acquired characteristics the traits that an organism picks up throughout its lifetime. Early evolutionary theorists like *Lamarck postulated that characteristics picked up in one generation in response to external cues would be passed down to the gametes and inherited by the following generation. Consequently, over a number of generations, a certain kind of organism
would improve its environmental adaptation. While some parts of the theory have since been revived in a modified form, Lamarck's types of acquisition and their heredity are now rejected.
acquired characteristics the traits that an organism picks up throughout its lifetime. Early evolutionary theorists like *Lamarck postulated that characteristics picked up in one generation in response to external cues would be passed down to the gametes and inherited by the following generation. Consequently, over a number of generations, a certain kind of organism
would improve its environmental adaptation. While some parts of the theory have since been revived in a modified form, Lamarck's types of acquisition and their heredity are now rejected.
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