ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

The now-discredited scientific theory that an organism's embryonic development, or ontogeny, follows the evolutionary stages of its species, or phylogeny. We were able to disprove Haeckel's theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny by closely studying embryonic development.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anwen	-	Welsh
Randolph	RAN-dahlf	English
Nikola (2)	NEE-ko-lah (German)	German, Polish, Czech, Slovak
MariËTte	-	Dutch
Albertine	-	French
Rashed	-	Arabic