Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 2
2. Embryological support for evolution was disapproved by
(a) Alfred Wallace
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) Oparin
(d) Karl Emst von Baer
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Answer : d
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(d) Embryological support for evolution was disapproved by Karl Ernst von Baer, he noted that embryos never pass through the adult stages of other animals during embryonic development. The biogenetic law is a theory of development and evolution proposed by Ernst Haeckel in Germany in the 1860 s. It is one of several recapitulation theories, which posit that the stages of development for an animal embryo are the same as other animal’s adult stages or forms.
