…This phenomenon was originally recognized in the case of vertebrates, but it has come to be recognized in the case of invertebrates and plants as well. It is said to be the theory of ED Cope, an American paleontologist at the end of the 19th century (1880), but JB Lamarck also stated this as the first law of evolution in Philosophy of Animals, and C. Dépéret, a French paleontologist who was a contemporary of Cope, also had a similar idea. Cope linked this theory to directed evolution and the inheritance of acquired characteristics, but today this phenomenon is seen as an adaptation or specialization for physiology and movement. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Dépéret, C." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…もともとは脊椎動物の場合に認められた現象であるが,無脊椎動物や植物についても同様なことが認められるようになった。19世紀末のアメリカの古生物学者E.D.コープの説(1880)とされているが,J.B.ラマルクも《動物哲学》においてこのことを進化の第1法則として述べており,またコープと同時代のフランスの古生物学者デペレC.Dépéretも同様の考えをもっていた。コープは,この説を定向進化や獲得形質の遺伝と結びつけて考えたが,現在ではこの現象は,生理や運動に対する適応や特殊化としてとらえられている。… ※「Dépéret,C.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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