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Meckel-Serres law

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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the Meckel-Serres law

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