Q. The idea of mutations was brought forth by
A) Hugo de Vries, who worked on evening primrose
B) Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum
C) Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population
D) Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyage
Explanation
[Solution from source] Hugo de Vries proposed the mutation theory after his work on the evening primrose (Oenothera lamarckiana), describing sudden large changes that he called mutations. Darwin stressed small continuous variations, and Mendel described factors, not mutations. Answer (1).
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