3. A biologist reported success in breeding a tiger with a lion, producing

healthy offspring. Other biologists will accept this report as fact only if:

A. research shows that other animals can be crossbred

B. the offspring are given a scientific name

C. the biologist included a control in the experiment

D. other researchers can replicate the experiment

A biologist reported success in breeding a tiger with a lion, producing

healthy offspring. Other biologists will accept this report as fact only if other researchers can replicate the experiment without any itch, methodology replication validates authenticity of result in science as such methods must be replicable in other parts of the world with same result

I am pretty sure it should be D