Give reasons why acquired characters are not inherited.
Acquired characteristics are traits that are not inherited, i.e., the acquired traits are simply changes in non-reproductive tissues, so, cannot be passed on to the DNA of germ cells. Hence, acquired characteristics do not produce a change in the genes of germ cells, so they cannot be inherited. The skills like cycling do not have any genetic changes in the individual who knows it. So it cannot pass from one generation to another as genetic code is the only way organisms pass information to the next generation.