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Q. Ontogeny repeats phylogeny is the statement of which of the following theories?

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Ontogeny repeats phylogeny is a part of recapitulation theory. This theory was postulated by Ernst Haeckel, German biologist who founded that ontogeny (embryonic history repeats phylogeny (evolutionary history).