Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was given by

(A)Wallace
(B)Lamarck
(C)Darwin
(D)De Vries

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Even before Darwin, a French naturalist Lamarck had said that evolution of life forms had occurred but driven by use and disuse of organs.

Chapter: Evolution
Section: 6.5 BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Lamarck proposed evolution driven by use and disuse of organs, which directly corresponds to the theory of inheritance of acquired characters.

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