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“Embryos undergo development; ancestors have undergone evolution, but in their day they also were the products of development. Our first task must therefore be to define these two sets of events to which living things are subject.” (from Embryos and Ancestors, G. de Beer, 1958)
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Carlson, M. (1991). Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Perspectives on Somatic Sensory Cortex and Tactile function. In: Franzén, O., Westman, J. (eds) Information Processing in the Somatosensory System. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11597-6_13
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