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Lazzaro Spallanzani conducts a laboratory experiment to prove the science of conception.
Date: 1779
Genetics
Research and testing
Reproductive health/reproductive rights
Spallanzani proves through his experiment that in order for an embryo to form, the egg and the sperm must be in contact with one another.
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