In the mid-1900s, the Soviet geneticist Lysenko believed that his winter wheat plants, exposed to ever-colder temperatures, would eventually give rise to ever more cold-tolerant winter wheat. Lysenko's attempts in this regard were most in agreement with the ideas of
A) Cuvier.
B) Hutton.
C) Lamarck.
D) Darwin.
E) Lyell.

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Lysenko's idea of acquired traits being passed down to offspring is similar to the theory of Lamarckian inheritance proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Lamarck believed that an organism could acquire traits during its lifetime, which would be passed down to its offspring. Lysenko thought that exposure to cold temperatures would induce heritable changes in the winter wheat plants, which is a classic example of Lamarckian inheritance. None of the other options describe Lysenko's ideas accurately.

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