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Biogenetic law was put forward by

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E. Haeckel
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Charles Darwin
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Karl Von Bear
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Lamarck
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Solution

The correct option is A E. Haeckel
Biogenetic Law was a view propounded by Ernst HaeckeI in about 1860. It states that during the evolution, the development of an organism (ontogeny) expresses all the intermediate forms of its ancestors throughout evolution (phylogeny). It is also known as recapitulation theory.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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