The “Biogenetic Law” in zoology: from Ernst Haeckel’s formulation to current approaches
The “Biogenetic Law” in zoology: from Ernst Haeckel’s formulation to current approaches
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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150 years ago, in 1866, Ernst Haeckel published a book in two volumes called “Generelle Morphologie der Organismen” (General Morphology of Organisms) in which he formulated his biogenetic law, famously stating that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Here we describe Haeckel’s original idea and follow its development in the thinking of two scientists...
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The “Biogenetic Law” in zoology: from Ernst Haeckel’s formulation to current approaches
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1870985045
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1870985045
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1431-7613
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1611-7530
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10.1007/s12064-017-0243-4
