NEET 2012 Biology question

The idea of mutations was brought forth by

(1)Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyage
(2)Hugo de Vries, who worked on evening primroseCorrect
(3)Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum
(4)Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population

Answer: (2)

Solution

The Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries, working on the evening primrose (Oenothera lamarckiana), observed large, sudden, heritable variations which he called mutations and proposed the mutation theory of evolution (saltation).

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