Question

Give reason, why acquired characters are not inherited?

Answer 1

Acquired traits are due to changes in the life style, injury, loss of body parts, disuse of some body parts. These are the traits which occur in the somatic cells. Changes in the somatic cells are not passed on to the offspring belonging to next generation. Hence acquired traits cannot be passed on to next generations""

Answer 2

Acquired characters are those which a person develops by his or her own wills . It doesn't have any relation with the genes present in the body . so we can say it is not inherited .