All of the following are theories of organic evolution except?

Natural selection

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Mutation theory

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Neo-Darwinism

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Theory of recapitulation

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Solution

The correct option is C Theory of recapitulation
The theory of recapitulation also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism often expressed using Ernst Haeckel's phrase "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is a historical hypothesis that the development of the embryo of an animal from fertilization to gestation or hatching (ontogeny). Therefore these do not belong to theories of organic evolution.
So, the correct answer is "Theory of recapitulation".

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