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प्रश्न
a) Explain in brief - Lamarck’s principle of ‘use or disuse of organs’.
b) Give two examples.
c) What are ‘acquired characters’?
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उत्तर
a) The morphological changes occurring in living organisms are responsible for evolution and the reason behind those morphological changes is activities or laziness of that organism. This concept is called as principle of ‘use or disuse of organs’.
b) The neck of giraffe has become too long due to browsing on leaves of tall plants by extending their neck for several generations. Wings of birds like ostrich and emu have become weak due to no use.
c) The living organism can transfer the characters which it has acquired, to the next generation are called acquired characters.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given alongside are two figures (A and B) showing a phenomenon that was first observed in Manchester before and after the year 1850.

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- The given picture indicates which principle?
- Explain that principle in your language.
- What is the meaning of acquired characteristics?
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Observe the following figure and explain the concept.

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Observe the figure given below and answer the questions that follow:

- What is the figure depicting?
- What was the reason that the giraffe stretched their neck and forelimbs?
- What is the name of the theory that is being depicted in the figure?
- Who explained the theory?
- What is the conclusion of this theory?
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