Science Paragraphs Hypothesis of Acquired Characteristics

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  1. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
    Hypothesis of Acquired Characteristics
    In 1809, Jean Baptiste de Lamarack proposed a hypothesis to explain how specie change over time.
  2. offspring
    the immediate descendants of a person or organism
    He suggested that characteristics or traits developed during a parent's organism's lifetime are inherited by it's offspring.
  3. inherit
    receive from a predecessor
    He suggested that characteristics or traits developed during a parent's organism's lifetime are inherited by it's offspring.
  4. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
    Hypothesis of Acquired Characteristics
    In 1809, Jean Baptiste de Lamarack proposed a hypothesis to explain how specie change over time.
  5. organism
    a living thing that can act or function independently
    He suggested that characteristics or traits developed during a parent's organism's lifetime are inherited by it's offspring.
  6. inheritance
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
    His hypothesis is called the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Created on Fri Jan 13 12:26:46 EST 2012

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