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CBSE 2024 · Region 1 · Set 3 · Q5
The scientist who proposed that "embryos of all vertebrates including humans develop a row of vestigial gill slits behind the head but it is a…
The scientist who proposed that "embryos of all vertebrates including humans develop a row of vestigial gill slits behind the head but it is a functional organ only in fish and replaced by lungs in all other vertebrates" is :
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Ernst Haeckel
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