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Recapitulation Theory
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Recapitulation theory, also called the biogenetic law, is a historical hypothesis, summarized as 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny', that the embryonic development of an animal passes through stages resembling the successive adult forms of its evolutionary ancestors.
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1. Recapitulation Theory (Wikipedia)
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The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism, usually summarized as 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny', is a historical hypothesis that the development of the embryo of an animal goes through stages resembling successive adult stages in the evolution of the animal's remote ancestors.
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It was formulated in the 1820s by Etienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel, after whom it is also known as the Meckel-Serres law.
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