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IN a series of papers extending over a period from 1926 until 1938, Prof. William McDougall brought together evidence which led him to suppose that the hypothesis of Lamarck concerning the inheritability of acquired characteristics is substantially correct.
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DREW, G. McDougall's Experiments on the Inheritance of Acquired Habits. Nature 143, 188–191 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143188a0
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