comparative anatomy

Noun

Meaning

the study of anatomical features of animals of different species

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At Harvard I was in charge of the comparative anatomy labs. Robert T. Bakker

Evolutionary ideas, although not natural selection, were accepted by German biologists accustomed to ideas of homology in morphology from Goethe 's Metamorphosis of Plants and from their long tradition of comparative anatomy. Source: Internet

It was highly important in asserting his dominance of comparative anatomy, and in the long run more influential in establishing evolution amongst biologists than was the debate with Wilberforce. Source: Internet

Haeckel was a zoologist, artist, writer, and later in life a professor of comparative anatomy. Source: Internet

Fossils, along with the comparative anatomy of present-day organisms, constitute the morphological, or anatomical, record. citation By comparing the anatomies of both modern and extinct species, paleontologists can infer the lineages of those species. Source: Internet

This largely morphological program of comparative anatomy remained at the core of most biological education for a hundred years until the advent of cell and molecular biology and interest in evolutionary ecology forced a fundamental rethink. Source: Internet

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