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acquired characteristics, modifications produced in an individual plant or animal as a result of mutilation, disease, use and disuse, or any distinctly environmental influence. Some examples are docking of tails, malformation caused by disease, and muscle atrophy. The belief in the inheritability of acquired characteristics, proposed by the French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de , 1744–1829, French naturalist. He is noted for his study and classification of invertebrates and for his introduction of evolutionary theories.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1809, was widely accepted at one time, but is now rejected. Geneticists have affirmed that inheritance is determined solely by the reproductive cells and is unaffected by somatic (body) cells.

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No references found			The process of racial uplift or racial degeneration made sense only because of a kind of neo-Lamarckianism that posited that acquired characteristics could in one way or another be passed on to future generations. Perils of degeneration: reform, the savage immigrant, and the ... by Bender, Daniel E. / Journal of Social History Darwinian evolution, however, does not--indeed, it cannot--transmit acquired characteristics to future generations. Reply to Xavier L. Simon's comment by Montanye, James A. / Independent Review This may seem far-fetched, but consider that, just as the Soviet Union relied on an incorrect model of the economy, it also relied on an incorrect theory of biology: the discredited theory that acquired characteristics could be inherited. Two invisible hands by Rubin, Paul H. / Regulation			acousticophobia Acoustics Acoustics Institute Acoustics of Moving Media acoustics, architectural Acousto-Electric Effect Acousto-Optical Imaging acoustoelectric amplifier acoustoelectric effect acoustoelectronics acoustooptic interaction acoustooptic modulator acoustooptical cell acoustooptical filter acoustooptical material acoustooptics ACP ACPA acph ACPI acquaintance acquiescence acquire acquired Acquired Character acquired characteristics acquired drive acquired immune deficiency syndrome acquired immunity acquired immunodeficiency syndrome acquired immunological tolerance acquisition acquisition and tracking radar acquisition tone Acquisitive Prescription Acquittal Acrania acrasia Acrasiales Acrasida Acrasieae acrasin Acrasiomycota acraspedote Acratophore acre acre-foot acre-foot per day acre-ft/d acre-in. acre-inch			acquired anaphylaxis acquired anaphylaxis acquired antibody acquired antibody acquired aplastic anemia acquired atelectasis acquired atelectasis acquired atelectasis acquired behaviour acquired bleeding acquired bleeding acquired bleeding Acquired brain injury Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired cataract acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired centric relation acquired character acquired character acquired character acquired character acquired characteristic acquired characteristic acquired characteristic acquired characteristics acquired characters acquired characters acquired characters acquired cleft palate acquired cleft palate acquired cleft palate Acquired Colour Vision Deficiency Acquired Commercial Technology for Retrieval Acquired Common Variable Hypogammaglobulinemia Acquired Companies Acquired Company acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney acquired cystic disease of kidney Acquired Cystic Disease of the Kidney Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease acquired deafness Acquired Death Aversion Deficiency Syndrome acquired defect acquired defect acquired defect acquired defect Acquired disorder Acquired disorder Acquired disorder acquired drive acquired drive acquired drive

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