Question 3 Which early embryologist rejected the "recapitulation theory" of embryo development? Ernst Haeckel Etienne Serres Karl von Baer Johann Meckel 2 p
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The recapitulation theory, also known as biogenetic law, suggests that the development of an organism (ontogeny) recapitulates its evolutionary history (phylogeny). Show more…
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