Preformation and Epigenesis in the Works of M. Malpighi

Authors

  • Giuliana Cingoli University of Bologna, I

Keywords:

M. Malpighi, Embryology , Preformation , Spontaneous generation

Abstract

The article analyzes the scientific debate arosen between Marcello Malpighi and Giovan Battista Trionfetti about the possibility of ‘preformation’ in plants and living organisms, the existence of spontaneous generation and the meaning and usefullness of particular structures in plants, as ‘folia seminalia’.      

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Published

2007-06-01

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