NEET Biology question

Biology Evolution NEET

‘Every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ cells and so shares in the transmission of inherited characters’, this theory is known as

(A)Theory of inheritance of acquired characters
(B)Theory of germplasmCorrect
(C)Theory of pangenesis
(D)Theory of mutation

Answer: (B)

Solution

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) tried to suggest the physical basis of heredity by pangenesis theory and suggested that every cell of the body contributes

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Question ID VK-121043