Baer's laws of embryology

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gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:contrastsWith recapitulation theory
gptkbp:describes general patterns of animal embryonic development
gptkbp:field embryology
gptkbp:firstLaw general features of a large group of animals appear earlier in the embryo than specialized features
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Karl_Ernst_von_Baer
gptkbp:fourthLaw the embryo of a higher animal is never like a lower animal, but only like its early embryo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baer's laws of embryology
gptkbp:influenced evolutionary biology
gptkbp:numberOfFloors four
gptkbp:publishedIn Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere (On the Developmental History of Animals)
gptkbp:secondLaw less general characters develop from the more general, until finally the most specialized appear
gptkbp:thirdLaw embryos of a given species, instead of passing through the adult stages of lower animals, depart more and more from them
gptkbp:yearProposed 1828
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Karl_Ernst_von_Baer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6