Select the incorrect statement.

  • A
    Reduction in weight of the organism due to starvation is genetically controlled.
  • B
    Frequency of certain genes in a population change over several generations resulting in evolution.
  • C
    Low weight parents can have heavy weight progeny.
  • D
    Traits which are not inherited over generations do not cause evolution.

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From the list given below,select the character which can be acquired but not inherited.

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