Who is called father of modern embryology?

Ernst Haeckel

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The correct option is A Ernst Haeckel
Origins of modern embryology. Karl Ernst Von Baer and Heinz Christian Pander proposed the germ layer theory of development; Von Baer discovered the mammalian ovum in 1827. Modern embryological pioneers include Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, J.B.S Haldane and Joseph Needham.
So, the correct answer is "Ernst Haeckel".

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