Abstract
THIS little book is from the pen of Mr. de Beer, who is one of the more brilliant of the younger Oxford men. Its aim is to “dethrone the theory of recapitulation”, to persuade us that the development of the individual throws no light on the past history of the race, and that therefore Ascidians need not necessarily be descended from a free-swimming vertebrate even though they begin their lives as tadpoles.
Embryology and Evolution.
By G. R. de Beer. Pp. viii + 116. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1930.) 5s. net.
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MACBRIDE, E. Embryology and Evolution . Nature 125, 883–885 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125883a0
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