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Briefly summarize Lamarck’s concept of the evolutionary process. What is wrong with this concept?

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To summarize: The Lamarck’s cancept of process of evolution.

Introduction: Evolution refers to a process of changes that occur in the heritable characters of living organisms over a period of time, from generation to generation. The genetic variation occurs due to mutations, genetic drift, natural selection, and gene flow.

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The Lamarcks concept of evolutionary process states that the physical charecteristics acquired by a parent during their lifetime get transferred to their offspring.

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To explain: The wrong with the Lamarck’s cancept of process of evolution.

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The Lamarcks concept of evolutionary process states that the physical charecteristics acquired by a parent during their lifetime get transferred to their offspring. But, the physical charecteristics do not get transferred to their offspring; only genetical changes in reproductive cells only get transferred.

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