A test and review of the empirical performance of the ontogenetic criterion

Systematic Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 699-716

  Meier, Rudolf ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenetic law; Heterochrony; Nelson's rule; Ontogenetic criterion; Outgroup comparison; Recapitulation

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SEPSIDAE;

EID: 0039458986     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2413501     Document Type: Article

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