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
Doris	['dɔris]
Dara (1)	-	Irish
Gautam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Anouk	-	Dutch, French
Leimomi	-	Hawaiian
Anjelica	an-JEL-i-kə	English (Modern)