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JIPMER2014ZoologyEvolution

Darwinism explains all the following except

Options

  1. Awithin each species, there are variations
  2. Borganisms tend to produce more number of offspring that can survive
  3. Coffspring with better traits that overcome competition are best suited for the environment
  4. Dvariations are inherited from parents to offspring through genes

Correct answer

D. variations are inherited from parents to offspring through genes

Step-by-step solution

Variation is one of the main postulates of Darwinism. Darwin recognised two types of variations-continous and dis-continous variation, but he could not explain the inheritance of variations.

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