Given a scientific question, generate an incorrect answer to the given question. The incorrect answer should be a plausible alternative to the correct answer. The answer should be some other item belonging to the same category as the correct answer but should be incorrect.
Example: What are arteries, veins, and capillaries examples of?
Example solution: tissue
Example explanation: Blood vessels include arteries, veins, and capillaries. Tissue is a combination of cells.

Problem: Which theory is the idea that the characteristics of living organisms are controlled by genes, which are passed from parents to their offspring?

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Solution: species theory