- Dollo's law
- phyletic development is irreversible, i.e., reversion to an ancestral peculiarity (atavism) is impossible.
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Dollo's law — or Dollo s Principle is a hypothesis proposed by French born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo (1857 1931) in 1890 that states that evolution is not reversible. This law was first stated by Dollo in this way: An organism is unable to return,… … Wikipedia
Dollo's law of irreversibility — (also known as Dollo s law and Dollo s principle) is a hypothesis proposed in 1893[1] by French born Belgian paleontologist Louis Dollo which states that evolution is not reversible. This hypothesis was first stated by Dollo in this way: An… … Wikipedia
Dollo's law — ▪ biology biological principle, formulated about 1890 by Louis Dollo, a French born Belgian paleontologist, that evolution is not reversible; i.e., structures or functions discarded during the course of evolution do not reappear in a given… … Universalium
dollo's law — ˈdä(ˌ)lōz noun Usage: usually capitalized D Etymology: after Louis Dollo died 1931 Belgian paleontologist : a generalization in biology: characters lost in the course of evolution are never regained in the original form … Useful english dictionary
Louis Dollo — Louis Dollo … Wikipédia en Français
Louis Dollo — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = December 7, 1857 birth place = death date = 1931 death place = residence = |citizenship = French nationality = Belgian ethnicity = field =… … Wikipedia
Louis Dollo — Louis Antoine Marie Joseph Dollo (* 7. Dezember 1857 in Lille; † 1931) war ein aus Frankreich stammender belgischer Paläontologe. Er leitete ab 1878 die Ausgrabung und später Rekonstruktion der berühmten Iguanodon Funde in der Kohlegrube von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dollosches Gesetz — Das Dollo sche Gesetz der Irreversibilität der Entwicklung bezieht sich auf das biologische Fachgebiet der Evolution und besagt, dass eine gewisse Komplexität, einst verloren gegangen, keinesfalls in einem phylogenetisch jüngeren Organismus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dollosches — Das Dollo sche Gesetz der Irreversibilität der Entwicklung bezieht sich auf das biologische Fachgebiet der Evolution und besagt, dass eine gewisse Komplexität, einst verloren gegangen, keinesfalls in einem phylogenetisch älteren Organismus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Devolution (biology) — In common parlance, devolution , de evolution , or backward evolution is the notion that a species can change into a more primitive form. Biologically, it is a misnomer because evolution does not have a direction or motive. So, its reverse is not … Wikipedia
