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Evolution and Origin of Life
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Presence of gill slits in the embryos of all vertebrates support the theory of
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recapitulation
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The presence of gill slits in vertebrate embryos is a classic example used to support the recapitulation theory (biogenetic law), which suggests that an organism's development (ontogeny) repeats its evolutionary history (phylogeny).