Match the scientists given in column I with their discovery given in column II and choose the correct option.
Column-I(kingdom) | Column-II(Class) | ||
(A) | Ernst Mayr | (I) | Discovered Viroids |
(B) | Whittaker | (II) | Gave the name virus |
(C) | Pasteur | (III) | Proposed five kingdom |
(D) | Diener | (IV) | Darwin of the 20th century |
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Ernst Mayr (IV): Often referred to as the "Darwin of the 20th century," he was a leading evolutionary biologist who helped define the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory.
Whittaker (III): Robert H. Whittaker proposed the Five Kingdom classification system (Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia) in 1969.
Pasteur (II): Louis Pasteur is credited with giving the name "virus" (meaning venom or poisonous fluid) to the causative agents of certain diseases.
Diener (I): T.O. Diener discovered viroids in 1971, which are infectious agents even smaller than viruses.
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