August Weismann kept cutting tail of mice generation after generation, but it neither disappeared nor shortened.
Wich of the following is explained by his experiment?

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The theory of inheritance of acquired characters is false.

Weismann did not reach any conclusion.

Darwin's theory of natural selection is correct.

Mutation theory is incorrect.

answer is B.

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When August Weismann experimented on mice by cutting the tails generation together, he noticed the reappearance of tails in further generations. By taking this concept, he developed germplasm theory. It states that any change in germplasm only transferred to next generation but not somatoplasm. By this theory he disproved inheritance of acquired characters that explained by Lamarck.

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