In the 1600s,William Harvey studied reproduction and development.What is the term given to the theory which states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult?
A) preformation
B) sequential pattern formation
C) equational transformation
D) transduction
E) epigenesis

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The term given to the theory that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult is epigenesis. This theory was proposed by William Harvey in the 1600s and contrasted with the previously held theory of preformation, which stated that organisms were pre-formed in miniature within the egg or sperm. Sequential pattern formation, equational transformation, and transduction are not the terms used to describe this theory.

In the 1600s,William Harvey Studied Reproduction and Development