Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?

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Solution:

Haeckel (1810) proposed that developing animal embryo passes through stages resembling adult forms of its ancestors. Eamst Haeckel (1868, 1874) formulated biogenetic law or recapitulation theory which states that ontogeny (developmental history of an individual) repeats phylogeny (development history of races).