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The scientist who proposed particulate concept of inheritance was

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Darwin
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Galton
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Mendel
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Garrod
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Solution

The correct option is C Mendel

Mendel, after his studies proposed that something was being stably passed down, unchanged, from parent to offspring in the form of particles. He called these particles as ‘factors’. Nowadays, we call them genes. These are the units of inheritance. It is called particulate concept of inheritance.

So, the correct option is ‘Mendel’.

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