Recapitulation
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| - | '''''Ontogeny and Phylogeny''''' is [[Stephen Jay Gould|Stephen Jay Gould's]] first technical book, published in 1977 by Belknap, a division of [[Harvard University Press]]. Gould wrote that [[Ernst Mayr]] suggested in passing that he write the book, but that "I only began it as a practice run to learn the style of lengthy exposition before embarking on my magnum opus about macroevolution." This became [[The Structure of Evolutionary Theory]], published in 2002. | ||
| - | ''Ontogeny and Phylogeny'' explores the relationship between embryonic development ([[ontogeny]]) and [[Evolution|biological evolution]] ([[phylogeny]]). The book also discusses the role [[recapitulation]]—the discredited idea that embryonic developmental stages replay the evolutionary transitions of adult forms of an organism's past descendants—had on [[biology]], [[theology]], and [[psychology]]. The second half of the book details how modern concepts such as [[heterochrony]] (changes in developmental timing) and [[neoteny]] (the retardation of developmental expression or growth rates) have in influencing [[macroevolution]] (major evolutionary transitions). | + | '''Recapitulation''' may refer to: |
| + | * [[Recapitulation (music)]], a section of musical sonata form where the exposition is repeated in an altered form and the development is concluded | ||
| + | * [[Recapitulation theory]], a scientific theory influential on but no longer accepted in its original form by both evolutionary and developmental biology, namely, that the congruence in form between the same embryonic developmental stages of different species is evidence that the embryos are repeating the evolutionary stages of their ancestral history | ||
| + | *[[Recapitulation theory of atonement]], first clearly expressed by [[Irenaeus]] | ||
| + | *[[Recapitulation (Castaneda)]], a spiritual practice appearing first in the writings of Carlos Castaneda and later in those of Miguel Ángel Ruiz, Victor Sanchez and others | ||
| - | It has been said that of all the books that Gould wrote in his career, "the one with the most impact is probably ''Ontogeny and Phylogeny''...to say that this work is a hallmark in this area of evolutionary theory would be an understatement. It proved to be the catalyst for much of the future work in the field, and to a large degree was the inspiration for the modern field of '[[evolutionary developmental biology]]'. Gould's hope was to show that the relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny is fundamental to evolution, and at its heart is a simple premise - that variations in the timing and rate of development provide the raw material upon which natural selection can operate." | ||
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Recapitulation may refer to:
- Recapitulation (music), a section of musical sonata form where the exposition is repeated in an altered form and the development is concluded
- Recapitulation theory, a scientific theory influential on but no longer accepted in its original form by both evolutionary and developmental biology, namely, that the congruence in form between the same embryonic developmental stages of different species is evidence that the embryos are repeating the evolutionary stages of their ancestral history
- Recapitulation theory of atonement, first clearly expressed by Irenaeus
- Recapitulation (Castaneda), a spiritual practice appearing first in the writings of Carlos Castaneda and later in those of Miguel Ángel Ruiz, Victor Sanchez and others
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