In other ways also, it became clear that coenogenesis could not suffice to explain deviations from the rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [RECAPITULATION] Reference

As genetic data accumulated, coenogenesis became less acceptable as an explanation of deviations from strict recapitulation, since it implied the inheritance of acquired characters, the Lamarckian theory, which was unacceptable to the new genetics.    From Wordnik.com.  [RECAPITULATION] Reference