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Primitive (phylogenetics)[edit]

An point of importance that must be brought up is the fact that derived characteristics or traits are passed along in the germ cells not in the somatic cells. A characteristic such as loss of the use of an eye because the environment is dark, and does not pass along to the offspring invokes a Lamarckian mechanism, which is erroneous.Biologicalamphibian (talk) 02:30, 24 February 2018 (UTC) ^[1][reply]

^ V., Kardong, Kenneth. Vertebrates : comparative anatomy, function, evolution (Seventh edition ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 9780078023026. OCLC 862149184.

[1] V., Kardong, Kenneth. Vertebrates : comparative anatomy, function, evolution (Seventh edition ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 9780078023026. OCLC 862149184.

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