EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-1998

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    Who prepared germplasm theory against Lamarks principle of use and disuse:

    A)  Darwin                                

    B)  Nuttal

    C)  Weismann                        

    D)  de Vries

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     August Weismann (1892) proposed the theory of continuity of germplasm. According to this theory, inheritance of characters from parents to offspring is mediated  through  germplasm,  which continues generation after generation. In order to discard Lamarcks principle of in heritance    of acquired character, he conducted the experiments on rats.


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