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Why are traits acquired during the lifetime of an individual not inherited?.

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The changes in the non-reproductive body cells, i.e., somatic cells of an organism cannot be inherited by its offsprings, because only those traits can be transmitted to future generations in which changes have occurred in the DNA present in the reproductive cells of parent organism.

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