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Recapitulation theory - Quiz
Recapitulation theory
  • 1. What is another name for the theory of recapitulation?
A) The theory of divergence
B) The hypothesis of natural selection
C) The law of inheritance
D) The biogenetic law
  • 2. What is the famous summary of recapitulation theory?
A) Ontogeny determines phylogeny
B) Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
C) Evolution repeats itself
D) Phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny
  • 3. Who formulated the theory of recapitulation in the 1820s?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Karl Ernst von Baer
C) Étienne Serres
D) Richard Owen
  • 4. Whose work provided the foundation for the Meckel-Serres law?
A) Johann Friedrich Meckel
B) Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
C) Georges Cuvier
D) Robert Edmond Grant
  • 5. When was the theory of recapitulation relegated to biological mythology?
A) By the mid-20th century
B) By the early 19th century
C) In the 1790s
D) In the 1820s
  • 6. In which other field has an analogy to recapitulation theory been formulated?
A) Music criticism
B) Geology
C) Astrophysics
D) Quantum physics
  • 7. Who besides Meckel and Serres helped formulate the idea of recapitulation starting in the 1790s?
A) Robert Edmond Grant
B) Karl Ernst von Baer
C) Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer
D) Richard Owen
  • 8. The Meckel-Serres law attempted to link comparative embryology with what?
A) Environmental adaptation
B) A pattern of unification in the organic world
C) A divergence of species
D) Molecular genetic drift
  • 9. Who supported the ideas of Étienne Serres?
A) Karl Ernst von Baer
B) Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
C) Richard Owen
D) Georges Cuvier
  • 10. The Meckel-Serres law suggested that past transformations could have been caused by what?
A) Genetic mutations
B) Natural selection acting on the adult
C) Direct divine intervention
D) Environmental causes working on the embryo
  • 11. Who opposed the theory of recapitulation with ideas of divergence?
A) Étienne Serres
B) Johann Friedrich Meckel
C) Karl Ernst von Baer
D) Robert Edmond Grant
  • 12. Who attacked the theory of recapitulation in the 1830s?
A) Robert Edmond Grant
B) Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
C) Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer
D) Richard Owen
  • 13. What is the study of the development of an embryo called?
A) Taxonomy
B) Ontogeny
C) Phylogeny
D) Anatomy
  • 14. What refers to the evolutionary history of an animal's remote ancestors?
A) Gestation
B) Fertilization
C) Ontogeny
D) Phylogeny
  • 15. Which field is currently providing molecular explanations for phenomena previously linked to recapitulation?
A) Lamarckism
B) Evolutionary developmental biology
C) Comparative anatomy
D) Classical taxonomy
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