Talk:Ontogeny and phylogeny

parts of the organism may be genetically linked with newer parts depending on old ones, but there may also be a functional link, the newer brain cannot function without the old backbone, so that embryos that develop them in the wrong order dies.

More interesting, some (Maturana, Valera, complexity scientists and others) hold the belief that functionally the parts of an organism are intimately linked, with a depending on b, depending on c that may depend on a again. a circular dependence. But in evolution we are presented with a linear dependence a-b-c Are they both right?

I changed the redirect to Stephen Jay Gould's book, as per the second redirect deletion policy item: "The redirect might cause confusion. For example, if "Adam B. Smith" was redirected to "Andrew B. Smith", because Andrew was accidentally called Adam in one source, this could cause confusion with the article on Adam Smith, so it should be deleted." Being that Gould's book is called Ontogeny and Phylogeny, it makes sense for a search of this phrase (which is not "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" which obviously makes sense for a redirect to recapitulation) to go to his book. I am not sure about how to make one of those "did you mean _____?" or "For ___ see ____" pages so if someone could do that, thanks.

Batula 18:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC)