Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

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1. When was Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck born?August 1, 1744, Bazentin, Somme, France
2. When did Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck die?December 28, 1829, Paris, France
3. What is the major work?Philosophie Zoologique (Zoological Philosophy), 1809
4. What is the scientific field?Botany, Zoology, Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology
5. Who was Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck?He was a scientist born in 1744 who studied plants and animals and wrote about how species change over time.
6. What is the law of use and disuse?It says that parts of the body that are used a lot become stronger, while parts that are not used may shrink or disappear.

Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics: The hypothesis that traits acquired by an organism during its lifetime can be passed to its offspring.
Epigenetics: The study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without altering the DNA sequence itself.