Given below are two statements.
Statement I : Darwin called minor heritable variations saltations.
Statement II : Darwin believed that adaptive ability is due to the inheritance of acquired characters.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

Darwin defined variations as minor heritable changes. de Vries described saltations as single step large mutations.

Lamarck believed in the inheritance of acquired characters. According to Darwin, it is a natural selection of minor variations.

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