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[A]: 'Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny' ...

[A]: 'Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny' was the concept put forward by Haeckel.
[R]: The embryonic stages show the course of evolution which an adult has gone through during development

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If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

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If A is true and R is false

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If both A and R are false

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