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