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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation1 Mark
MCQ
Mutation theory was proposed by:
  • A
    Hugo de Vries
  • B
    Gregor Mendel
  • C
    Lamarck
  • D
    Kolreuter
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Answer

  1. Hugo de Vries

Explanation:

At the starting of the twentieth century, Dutch Botanist and geneticist Hugo de Vries proposed the mutation theory. According to this theory, living organisms can develop changes to their genes that greatly affect the organisms. These changes are passed down to next generation and result in the formation of new species.

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