NEET Biology question

Who postulated the mutation theory?

(A)Mendel
(B)Darwin
(C)Lamarck
(D)Hugo de VriesCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Hugo de Vries, working on the evening primrose (*Oenothera lamarckiana*), proposed the mutation theory, which held that new species arise through the sudden appearance of large heritable variations (mutations) rather than through gradual, continuous

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