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Mutation is a reason for variation. This was proposed by

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Charles Darwin
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Lamarck
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Hugo de Vries
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Thomas Malthus
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The correct option is D Hugo de Vries
Hugo de Vries was a Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendelism. According to his beliefs, new species do not result from continuous variations but by the sudden appearance of variation. These sudden variations were called as mutation by him.

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