… be explained in developmental terms, the extent to which evolutionary trends and patterns
… of developmental constraints, and the extent to which various genetic and developmental …

… It is argued that these properties of development in evolution are simply the result of the …
of developmental programs. Considerations of developmental mechanisms in evolution are …

… in evolution as the developmental constraints caused … The problem in evolutionary theory
noted by Gould and others is … for the role of developmental constraints in evolution, but that this …

… Since orthodox evolutionary theory is functionalist, constraints attain their most important …
developmental constraint is an appropriate, general term. A particular developmental constraint …

… Developmental constraint in this context refers to the predisposition of the developmental
system to utilize the Pax6 network in eye evolution… evolution, the “developmental constraint” is …

… Absolute developmental constraints on the evolution of … that no such absolute constraints
exist, given sufficient time. … -absolute developmental constraints exists: When development is …

… element, developmental properties suggest that some directions of evolutionary change
might be restricted 12 , 13 . Here we show that despite the developmental coupling between …

… ways due to the peculiar development of the organisms under … the course of evolution,
however, evolutionary biologists appear … constraints: evolutionary change is channeled more by …

… and of gain of gene copies in evolution. We find that timing of development has a strong
impact in both cases, but that the pattern of constraints on genome evolution does not follow the …

… This chapter discusses the developmental origins and evolutionary … the evolutionary
potential of morphological traits. Strong covariation can constitute an evolutionary constraint …