Haeckel's recapitulation theory

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:biogenetic_law
gptkbp:basisFor embryological development
gptkbp:criticizedFor modern biologists
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Ernst_Haeckel
1866
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Haeckel's recapitulation theory
gptkbp:influenced developmental biology
comparative embryology
gptkbp:misinterpretedBy early 20th-century educators
gptkbp:relatedTo embryology
phylogeny
ontogeny
gptkbp:replacedBy modern evolutionary developmental biology
gptkbp:state ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
gptkbp:status discredited
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Generelle_Morphologie_der_Organismen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5