Question

Scientists trying to determine evolutionary relationships among organisms sometimes search for clues by examining how each organism develops from a fertilized egg cell. What name is given to the scientific study of how organisms develop from a single cell into independent living creatures?

A) cytology
B) embryology
C) phylogeny
D) zoology

Answer 1

b is the answer brodie

Answer 2

Answer: B) embryology

Embryology is the scientific study to know how the organisms develop from a single cell into independent living creatures. It is the study of the process of embryogenesis which includes all the phases in which an embryo grows and develops from a fertilized egg cell. Embryology is studied in context of plants, animals, insects and all sexually reproducing organisms.