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Q.From every part of the body, minute replicate structure originates. This concept is:

(a) Fittest Organism
(b) Natural Selection
(c) Polymorphism
(d) Theory of Pangenesis
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The concept described — minute replicate particles from every body part — is the Theory of Pangenesis.

Pangenesis (proposed by Charles Darwin) held that every organ and tissue sheds tiny particles called gemmules ('pangenes'), which travel to the reproductive organs and are passed to offspring, supposedly transmitting the characters of each body part. It was later disproved but is historically important.

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