Meckel-Serres law
English
editEtymology
editIt was formulated in the 1820s by Étienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel.
Proper noun
edit- The theory of recapitulationism, according to which "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny".
It was formulated in the 1820s by Étienne Serres based on the work of Johann Friedrich Meckel.