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Spontaneous generation was disproved by the experiments of ______________.
  1. Redi
  2. Miller
  3. Calvin
  4. Darwin

A
Darwin
B
Redi
C
Miller
D
Calvin
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Answer is option A i.e. "Redi"
Redi disproved spontaneous generation for large organisms by showing that maggots (larvae of flies) arose from meat only when flies laid eggs in the meat.
Spontaneous generation stated the formation of living organisms without descent from similar organism which was disproved by Redi performing the above experiment in 1668.

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