English Explanatory Dictionary

Meckel-Serres law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The theory of recapitulationism, according to which "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny".

Word forms

Meckel-Serres law the Meckel-Serres law

Etymology

It was formulated in the 1820s by Étienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel.

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