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Law of recapitulation

Law of recapitulation --> recapitulation theory

The theory formulated by E.H. Haeckel that individuals in their embryonic development pass through stages similar in general structural plan to the stages their species passed through in its evolution; more technically phrased, the theory that ontogeny is an abbreviated recapitulation of phylogeny.

Synonym: biogenetic law, law of biogenesis, haeckels law, law of recapitulation.


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?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!

Epimorphic regeneration should be available to any organism, simple or complex. It should just be a recapitulation of the developmental genetic program. Now, there can be a hinderance to accessing the develpmental genetic program, but there should be ways around that. Like ...

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by kolean
Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:52 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: ?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!
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embryonic evolution

... theory that first metazoas were Cnidaria and Spongia derived from colonial flagellata is one of two major theories. He said that ontogeny is recapitulation of filogeny based on the examination of embional stages of animals. But he said that embrional stages of higher animals are something ...

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by Beetle
Wed May 04, 2005 11:59 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: embryonic evolution
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