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L2]What do you mean by acquired traits? Name thescientist who proposed the theory of inheritance ofacquired traits (characters).

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Anacquired traitis defined as a characteristicortraitthat produces a phenotype that is a result of an environmental influence.Acquired traits arenot coded in the DNA of an individual and therefore most scientists believe they cannot be passed down to offspring during reproduction.

Lamarck was the scientist who put forth the theory of acquired traits in 1801



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