A giraffe reaches for food from the high branches of trees.Over a period of generations of this type of activity, the necks of giraffes increase in length.Which incorrect notion of inheritance would this example BEST represent?
A)Blending inheritance
B)Pangenesis
C)Inheritance of acquired characteristics
D)Preformationism
E)Cell theory

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This example represents the incorrect notion of inheritance of acquired characteristics, which suggests that traits acquired during an organism's lifetime can be passed down to its offspring. In reality, genetic material (DNA) is what determines an organism's traits, not its activities or experiences during its lifetime.

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