The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism— often expressed in Ernst Haeckel's phrase "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"—is a largely discredited biological hypothesis that in developing from embryo to adult, animals go through stages resembling or representing successive stages in the evolution of their remote ancestors.
| Attributes | Values |
|---|---|
| rdfs:comment |
|
| foaf:depiction | |
| thumbnail | |
| is rdfs:seeAlso of |