alleryCharles Darwin's mechanism of evolution is best described as:
AInheritance of acquired characteristics
BSpontaneous generation
CNatural selection
DUse and disuse of organs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Natural selection
**Darwin's mechanism:** NATURAL SELECTION.
Heritable variation + competition + differential survival = evolution.
The 'inheritance of acquired characteristics' is Lamarck's (rejected).
'Use and disuse' is also Lamarck.
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