TY  - JOUR
TI  - Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876) and Evolution
AU  - Brauckmann, Sabine
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - The research program of Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876) intended to enhance the comparative approach of animal classification by demonstrating vertebrate affinities (homology). Baer visualized his ideas on development and evolution with an unpublished figure of a branching tree. To buttress his reflections on how species-specific embryogenesis produces a branching tree, he worked out a cladogram-like chart, depicting the ontogeny and phylogeny of vertebrate embryos. For Baer, changes in development were responsible for changes in phenotype. I will offer a new interpretation of Baer’s ideas about evolution showing that he believed in the transformation of species and announced such views publicly.
PY  - 2012
DO  - 10.1387/ijdb.120018sb
VL  - 56
IS  - 9
SP  - 653
EP  - 660
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/120018sb
Y2  - 2024/11/21/18:12:07
ER  -