NEET Biology question

The idea of mutations was brought forth by

(A)Hugo de Vries, who worked on evening primrose (*Oenothera lamarckiana*)Correct
(B)Gregor Mendel, who worked on *Pisum sativum*
(C)Hardy and Weinberg, who studied allele frequencies in a population
(D)Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during his sea voyage

Answer: (A)

Solution

The term mutation was coined by Hugo de Vries (1901) for large, spontaneous, inheritable changes that occur suddenly in a naturally reproducing population. He also proposed the mutation theory of evolution in his book 'The Mutation Theory' (1903), putting forth that evolution occurs due to large, discontinuous

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