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Embryology and Evolution

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THE discussion between Prof. R. Ruggles Gates and Prof. E. W. MacBride, in NATURE of Dec. 6, bears in an important way upon the philosophy of science. May one without authority in biology offer what he hopes may be a useful contribution from the philosophical point of view?

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BARTRUM, C. Embryology and Evolution. Nature 127, 56 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127056a0

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