DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. This is :

    A)  Pauling law

    B)  Hardy Weinberg law

    C)  Biogenetic law

    D)  Thomas law

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Haekel formulated the recapitulation theory or Biogenetic law which states that ontogeny recapitulates phytogeny. Ontogeny is the life history of individual starting form ovum and phylogeny is the series of adult ancestors of the individuals which have occurred in the evolution of group of that organism. According to Hardy Weinberg law the relative frequencies of various kinds of genes in a large and randomly mating sexual panmictic population tend to remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of mutation, selection and gene flow.


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