Abstract
Homology (Greek homologica, agreement) is a biological concept with a long and checkered history, summarized in a recent volume of papers (Hall, 1994) devoted to the concept, criteria, and mechanisms of homology and its pivotal importance as the hierarchical basis of comparative biology; what Julian Huxley (1928) referred to as “morphology’s central conception.” Thinking about relationships between homology and embryonic development while writing a larger work on Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Hall, 1992) prompted production of the 1993 volume celebrating the sesquicentennial of Richard Owen having delineated homology from analogy, and the present review on how homology relates to, or is perceived to relate to, embryonic development.
But no, I am mistaken; from the beginning of all things the Creator knew, that one day the inquisitive children of men would grope about after analogies and homologies, and that Christian naturalists would busy themselves with thinking out his Creative ideas; at any rate, in order to facilitate the discernment by the former that the opercular peduncle of the Serpulae is homologous with a branchial filament, He allowed it to make a détour in its development, and pass through the form of a barbate branchial filament.
Müller (1869, p. 114)
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Hall, B.K. (1995). Homology and Embryonic Development. In: Hecht, M.K., Macintyre, R.J., Clegg, M.T. (eds) Evolutionary Biology. Evolutionary Biology, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1847-1_1
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