In the 1600s, William Harvey studied reproduction and development. What is the term given to the theory that states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult?

A) epigenesis
B) equational transformation
C) transduction
D) preformation
E) sequential pattern formation


Answer: A

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