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Evolution

Question
CBSEENBI12047662

Haeckel's biogenetic law or recapitulation theory states that

  • life history of an animal reflects evolutionary history of the same

  • progeny resembles parents

  • mutations are acquired characters

  • all organisms begin their life from zygote

Solution

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life history of an animal reflects evolutionary history of the same

Biogenetic law or Theory of recapitulation states that the development of the embryo of an animal briefs its ancestral history. It was proposed by Ernst Haeckel.