Theoria generationis (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Theoria generationis》(英語表記)Theoriagenerationis
Theoria generationis (English spelling)

…He is known for his research on animal development. In his major work, Theoria generationis (1759), he opposed the preformation theory (the theory that the development of individual organisms is the development of preexisting structures), which was the prevailing theory at the time, and argued for epigenesis (the theory that each organ is formed sequentially during the process of development). As a result, he came into conflict with A. von Haller and C. Bonnet, who supported preformation, and in 1767 he accepted an invitation from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences in Russia, where he became a professor of anatomy. …

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Japanese:

…動物の発生に関する研究で知られる。主著《発生論Theoria generationis》(1759)では,当時支配的であった前成説(生物個体の発生は,先在する構造の展開とする説)に反対し,後成説(発生の過程で,順次に各器官が形成されるとする説)を主張した。そのため,前成説を支持していたA.vonハラーやC.ボネと対立し,1767年にロシアのペテルブルグ学士院の招きに応じて移り,解剖学の教授になった。…

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