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This diagram illustrates key experiments disproving spontaneous generation: Redi's 1668 meat-in-jar experiment showing maggots only appear where flies can access meat, and Pasteur's 1859 broth-in-flask experiment showing sterilized broth remains free of bacteria unless exposed to unfiltered air.

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This diagram illustrates key experiments disproving spontaneous generation: Redi's 1668 meat-in-jar experiment showing maggots only appear where flies can access meat, and Pasteur's 1859 broth-in-flask experiment showing sterilized broth remains free of bacteria unless exposed to unfiltered air.

Experiments disproving spontaneous generation

The hypothesis of spontaneous generation posited that living organisms develop from...

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