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UPSC Prelims 2002Question 38Science & Technology

In the context of the organic evolution, the loss of limbs of snakes is explained by the phenomenon of

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  1. (a)use and disuse of organs
  2. (b)adaptation to living in burrows
  3. (c)natural selection
  4. (d)inheritance of acquired characters

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