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In 1668, Francesco Redi did a series of experiments on spontaneous generation. He began by putting similar pieces of meat int identical jars. Four jars were left open to the air, and four were sealed. He then did the same experiment with one variation: In sealing four of the jars completely, he covered them with gauze the gauze excluded flies while allowing the meat to be expos to air) . In both experiments, he monitored the jars and recorded whether or not maggots young flies) appeared in the meat.
-In both experiments, flies appeared in all of the open jars and only in the open jars. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A) The experiment was inconclusive because Redi used only one kind of meat.
B) The experiment supports the hypothesis that maggots arise only from eggs laid by adult flies.
C) The experiment supports the hypothesis that spontaneous generation occurs in rotting meat.
D) The experiment was inconclusive because it did not run long enough.
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