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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Certain land mammals migrated to an aquatic environment, adapted, and evolved into today's water mammals such as whales and dolphins. What would be the explanation for this, according to Lamarck's theory?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Abhisar

OpenStudy (abhisar):

after migrating into water they stopped using their legs and lost them

OpenStudy (abhisar):

Lamarck's theory says that an organism develops an organ if it uses it too much and loses the organ if dont uses it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This happens because the traits from the parents are passed down to the offspring, the traits that tell the offspring what the parents have done wrong. So thus, the offspring have learned that they don't need legs to survive in the water. Or a aquatic environment.

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