title: [Preformation and epigenesis in the works of M. Malpighi].
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'.
authors.affiliation: stomedbo@alma.unibo.it
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cingoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000266:history; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D049670:History, 17th Century; D007558:Italy; D010944:Plants