Abstract
Systematists have recently taken a renewed interest in ontogenetic data and its value as an estimator of phylogeny. At least two main areas of interest have become apparent in this regard. The first concerns overall correspondence between ontogenetic sequences and phylogeny, as exemplified by the work of Lfivtrup (1978, 1984, 1986). The second concerns the use of ontogenetic transformations in determining polarity of particular character states. Nelson (1978, see also Nelson and Platnick 1981) has restated Haeckel’s biogenetic law in Von Baerian terms. The ontogeny criterion suggests that:
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