Anton Dohrn
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For Carnegie Institution, USN & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution vessel, see MV Anton Dohrn (1911).
Felix Anton Dohrn FRS FRSE (29 December 1840 – 26 September 1909) was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the first zoological research station in the world, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples, Italy. He worked on embryology and examined vertebrate origins in terms of functional phylogeny and proposed a principle of succession of functions in 1875 on how one organ could become the basis for the evolution of another of an entirely different function. He was an elected International Member of the American Philosophical Society.[1]
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Felix Anton Dohrn FRS, FRSE | |
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Born | (1840-12-29)29 December 1840 |
Died | 26 September 1909(1909-09-26) (aged 68) |
Nationality | German |
Education | University of Breslau |
Known for | Principle of succession of functions, Der Ursprung der Wirbelthiere und das Princip des Functionswechsels: Genealogische Skizzen |
Spouse | Maria Baranowska |
Children | 4 sons |
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Relatives | Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn, brother |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | University of Jena, Stazione Zoologica, Naples |
Thesis | On the Anatomy of Hemiptera |
Doctoral advisor | Eduard Grube |
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