Title
Anton Dohrn and the problems of 19th century phylogenetic morphology.
Abstract
According to Anton Dohrn, evolutionary development was performed in a single progressive lineage where some proto-annelid initiated an evolutionary development that went straight on via annelids and lower vertebrates to man. From that line, a kind of metamorphosing nature, certain branches were derived, like protists or worms or even tunicates, which Dohrn thought off as degenerating groups. With that concept Dohrn came close to typological ideas of his time. Nevertheless, recent evo-devo literature seems to be influenced by Dohrn's outline of evolution.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.thbio.2007.02.003
Theory in Biosciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
Life Form,Evolutionary Development,Marine Biological Laboratory,Zoological Systematic,Myxine
Myxine,Phylogenetic tree,Biology,Serial homology,Zoology,Evolutionary biology,Evolutionary developmental biology,Darwinism,Embryology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
125
3-4
1611-7530
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.47
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Olaf Breidbach12811.19
Michael T. Ghiselin282.86