Francesco redi performed an experiment in 1668. in the experiment, he placed rotting meat in two jars. the first jar was left open. after a few days, fly larvae were found on the decaying meat inside. the mouth of the second jar was covered with gauze. after a few days, the decaying meat inside was free of fly larvae, but larvae were found on the gauze. this experiment supports the hypothesis that

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Kirsten

20 December, 20:15

Francesco redi performed an experiment in 1668. in the experiment, he placed rotting meat in two jars. the first jar was left open. after a few days, fly larvae were found on the decaying meat inside. the mouth of the second jar was covered with gauze. after a few days, the decaying meat inside was free of fly larvae, but larvae were found on the gauze. this experiment supports the hypothesis that

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Skylar Daugherty · Answer 1

The experiment performed by Francesco Redi supports the hypothesis that fly larvae only come from adult flies based on his experiment design using a covered-meat and non-covered meat. In addition, he also believed that maggots came from the fly rather than from the rotten meat by using the same experiment design.