Mark the wrong statement with regard to Darwinism.

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Thomas Malthus is not a naturalist, but his work on populations has influenced Darwin.

Alfred Wallace, a naturalist had come to similar conclusions as Darwin around the same time.

Hugo deVries believed that it is mutation which causes evolution and not the minor variations that Darwin talked about.

Louis Pasteur by careful observation of melanic moths demonstrated evolution by natural selection, as proposed by Darwin.

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Louis Pasteur by careful experimentation demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life. He refuted spontaneous generation theory.Thomas Malthus was an economist. His essay on ‘The Principles of Populations’ influenced Charles Darwin.Bernard Kettlewell conducted a series of experiments exploring the evolution of melanism in the peppered moth. He supported Darwin's evolution by natural selection.

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