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The Mutation Theory was put forward by

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Francis Crick
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James Watson
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Hugo de Vries
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Frederick Griffith
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Solution

The correct option is C Hugo de Vries
Mutation was first observed by Hugo de Vries in 1886 while studying the evening primrose Oenothera lamarckiana. He noticed wild varieties of the plant that differed from the original cultivated species.

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