The Contribution Charles Darwin Made to Biology Was To

question 56

Multiple Choice

The contribution Charles Darwin made to biology was to:

• A) demonstrate the connection between Mendel's principles of inheritance and evolution.
• B) propose that evolution occurs by natural selection.
• C) develop the theory of evolution, based on earlier theories of population genetics.
• D) connect the fields of evolution and molecular genetics.
• E) determine the first DNA sequence for a free-living organism.

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