English Explanatory Dictionary

Dollo's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The hypothesis that evolution is not reversible.

Word forms

Dollo's law

Etymology

Proposed in 1893 by French-born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo.

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