Multiple choice

Who among the following scientists proposed the theory of mutation in order to explain the mechanism of evolution?

In terms of evolution, mutation is considered as the ultimate source of organic evolution.

  1. Alfred Wallace

  2. August Weismann

  3. Charles Darwin

  4. Hugo de Vries

  5. Ernst Haeckel
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Explanation

Hugo de Vries proposed the mutation theory according to which new species arise from the existing species by a sudden change known as mutation.

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