The integration of Darwinism and evolutionary morphology: Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff(1866–1936) and the developmental basis of evolutionary change

Levit, Georgy S.; Hoβfeld, Uwe; Olsson, Lennart

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“…Equally rich in anatomical content and detail are the studies of Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff (1866–1936; Levit, Hoßfeld, & Olsson, ; Figure ). However, in contrast to others, Sewertzoff incorporated an evolutionary context in his publications (e.g., Sewertzoff, , ).…”

Section: Laying a Foundation For The Morphology Of Fishesmentioning

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“…Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), who invoked a revolt against idealistic morphology had found support in Sweden (Olsson & Hossfeld, ; Rieppel, ) and elsewhere, including with Sewertzoff in Russia. Sewertzoff was one of the first true evolutionary morphologists (Levit et al, ) and a direct link from Haeckel to the modern field of EvoDevo (Olsson, Levit, & Hoßfeld, ). An example of his approach found in the pages of Acta Zoologica is his study of the ontogeny of the head in the sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus (Sewertzoff, ), which remains a standard reference in the study of acipenseriform anatomy and evolution (Hilton, Grande, & Bemis, ).…”

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The morphology, development, and evolution of the head of fishes: Foundational studies for a renaissance of comparative morphology

2019

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Acta Zoologica has played a key role as a publishing outlet for advancing zoological knowledge since its foundation in 1920 by Nils Holmgren. With the journal celebrating its centennial, we have assembled a virtual issue that celebrates some of the morphological highlights from the history of Acta Zoologica, which has been a venue for precise and detailed anatomical descriptions of the morphology and ontogeny of major vertebrate taxa. Because our own focus of research has been the evolution of the musculoskeletal system of fishes, a bias toward these topics in our selection is readily apparent. However, these papers also reflect the tradition established by Holmgren's "Studies on the Heads of Fishes," published in Acta Zoologica. We hope that by bringing together Holmgren's "Studies," along with a selection of other papers from across the history of the journal will inspire the continued growth of comparative vertebrate anatomy, especially in an era where advanced technologies are available. We discuss various author's approaches to morphology, including Holmgren (1877-1954), Torsten Pehrson (1887-1970), and Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff (1866-1936. The foundation that was laid by these and other workers offers the basis for continued investigation and testing of hypotheses. We feel that the true testament to the power of comparative anatomy is that even after so much study and the volume of baseline data available, new and important findings continue to be made from the careful observation of anatomical form.The observer, basing on the data of palaeontology, comparative anatomy and embryology, will try to reconstruct as closely as possible the evolution of all members of the given group… A.N. Sewertzoff, 1928, p. 59-60

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Section: Laying a Foundation For The Morphology Of Fishesmentioning

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Section: Laying a Foundation For The Morphology Of Fishesmentioning

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The morphology, development, and evolution of the head of fishes: Foundational studies for a renaissance of comparative morphology

2019

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“…For example, in needlefishes there is a ''halfbeak-like'' stage in which only the lower jaw elongates, and in halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae and Zenarchopteridae) there is a ''ricefish-like'' stage in which the upper and lower jaws are not elongate (e.g., Sewertzoff, 1927;Uchida et al, 1958;Hardy and Johnson, 1974;Collette et al, 1984;Collette, 2005;Chen, 2014). These inter-family heterochronic variations in jaw development patterns have been well discussed in the context of phylogeny (e.g., Levit et al, 2004;Lovejoy et al, 2004) and evolutionary development (e.g., Gunter et al, 2014).…”

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A New “Beakless” Halfbeak of the Genus Nomorhamphus from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Zenarchopteridae)

Kobayashi

Masengi

Yamahira

2020

Copeia

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“…A). Severtsov, seen in retrospect as one of the Haeckel's “grandson” students (Hoβfeld and Olsson ), has devoted much of his professional life to revising and modifying Haeckel's recapitulation doctrine elaborating his own theory of “phylembryogenesis”, according to which evolution is accomplished through morphological changes which can affect ontogenesis at any stage (Adams ; Levit et al ; Breidbach and Ghiselin ). In 1912, he published the first of a series of his essays, in which he treated the relationships between individual development and evolution in a manner still similar to that of Haeckel.…”

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Russian comparative embryology takes form: a conceptual metamorphosis toward “evo‐devo”

Михайлов

2012

Evolution and Development

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This essay recapitulates major paths followed by the Russian tradition of what we refer to today as evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo"). The article addresses several questions regarding the conceptual history of evolutionary embryological thought in its particularly Russian perspective: (1) the assertion by the St. Petersburg academician Wolff regarding the possible connections between environmental modifications during morphogenesis and the "transformation" of species, (2) the discovery of shared "principles" underlying animal development by von Baer, (3) the experimental expression of Baer's principles by Kowalevsky and Mechnikoff, (4) Severtsov's theory of phylembryogenesis, (5) Filatov's approach to the study of evolution using comparative "developmental mechanics", and (6) Shmalgausen's concept of "stabilizing" selection as an attempt to elucidate the evolution of developmental mechanisms. The focus on comparative evolutionary embryology, which was established by Kowalevsky and Mechnikoff, still continues to be popular in present-day "evo-devo" research in Russia.

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The integration of Darwinism and evolutionary morphology: Alexej Nikolajevich Sewertzoff(1866–1936) and the developmental basis of evolutionary change

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The morphology, development, and evolution of the head of fishes: Foundational studies for a renaissance of comparative morphology

The morphology, development, and evolution of the head of fishes: Foundational studies for a renaissance of comparative morphology

A New “Beakless” Halfbeak of the Genus Nomorhamphus from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Zenarchopteridae)

Russian comparative embryology takes form: a conceptual metamorphosis toward “evo‐devo”

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