Question

“Father of embryology” is
A. Spemann
B. Bonnet
C. Von Baer
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Embryology is the study of the structure and development of the embryo, including the structure and development of the male and female reproductive organs, fertilization, and other similar processes. Father of embryology is a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer. He is a researcher in European Russia and Scandinavia.

Complete answer:
Let’s first all study the contribution of each of the above to answer the question.
Spemann- Hans Spemann (27 June 1869 - 9 September 1941) was a German embryologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for discovering the effect now known as embryonic induction. This effect is exerted by different parts of the embryo and controls the development of cell groups in certain tissues and organs.
Bonnet- Charles Bonnet was a naturalist and philosopher in the mid-18th century. Its most important contribution to embryology was the discovery of parthenogenesis in aphids, which proved that reproduction of asexual offspring is possible. In later life, he was a proponent of the generation theory now known as preformationism, according to which preconception offspring were formed in the embryonic cells of one of their parents.
Von Baer-. He is a researcher in European Russia and Scandinavia. Von Baer studied the development of animal embryos and discovered the explosive and notochord stages of development. With Heinz Christian Pander and based on the work of Caspar Friedrich Wolf, he described the theory of the development of the germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm) as principles across species and laid the groundwork for comparative embryology in the book On the history of animal development. Bayer discovered mammalian eggs in 1826. Human eggs were first described by Edgar Allen in 1928.
Now from the above points it’s clear that “Father of embryology” is Von Baer.

Hence that correct option is (C).

Note:
Von Baer formulated what became known as Baer Law of Embryology: the general characteristics of the group in which the embryo develops before certain characteristics. General structural relationships are also formed before the most specific relationships occur. certain forms, but apart from them. The embryos of higher animal forms never resemble adults from other animal forms, for example less developed ones, only the embryo.