Combining fields as diverse as comparative embryology, palaeontology, molecular
phylogenetics and genome analysis, the new discipline of evolutionary developmental …

It is an ancient truism that what evolves is the developmental system, from which it follows
that genetics, development and evolution are interwoven. Genetics and evolution were …

Animals are grouped into~ 35 'phyla'based upon the notion of distinct body plans,,,.
Morphological and molecular analyses have revealed that a stage in the middle of …

We've seen evo-devo, now prepare for the next wave: eco-devo. Evolutionary
developmental biologists have already made great strides in understanding how genes that …

Over the last twenty years, there has been rapid growth of a new approach to understanding
the evolution of organismic form. This evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', is …

The history of life documented in the fossil record shows that the evolution of complex
organisms such as animals and plants has involved marked changes in morphology, and …

Although evolutionary developmental biology is a new field, its origins lie in the last century;
the search for connections between embryonic development (ontogeny) and evolutionary …

Do new anatomical structures arise de novo, or do they evolve from pre-existing structures?
Advances in developmental genetics, palaeontology and evolutionary developmental …

A newly described 334-million-year-old fossil of an amphibian will give students of
vertebrate evolution much to think about, for it has characters that were previously ascribed …

Today developmental and evolutionary biologists are focussing renewed attention on the
developmental process--those genetic and cellular factors that influence variation in …