How do large and unique brains evolve? Historically, comparative neuroanatomical studies
have attributed the evolutionary genesis of highly encephalized brains to deviations along …

Teleost fish form the largest group of vertebrates and show a tremendous variety of adaptive
behaviors, making them critically important for the study of brain evolution and cognition …

In theory, evolutionary modularity allows anatomical structures to respond differently to
selective regimes, thus promoting morphological diversification. These differences can then …

A central question in biology is how naturally occurring genetic variation accounts for
morphological and behavioral diversity within a species. The Mexican tetra, Astyanax …

The vertebrate brain shows an extremely conserved layout across taxa. Still, the relative
sizes of separate brain regions vary markedly between species. One interesting pattern is …

Cave adaptation has evolved repeatedly across the Tree of Life, famously leading to
pigmentation and eye degeneration and loss, yet its macroevolutionary implications remain …

Brains develop under the influence of signaling centers that link major dorsal/ventral (DV)
and anterior/posterior (AP) axes. Over ontogeny, these 'developmental neuraxes' progress …

Zebrafish have made significant contributions to our understanding of the vertebrate brain
and the neural basis of behavior, earning a place as one of the most widely used model …

Despite prolonged interest in comparing brain size and behavioral proxies of
'intelligence'across taxa, the adaptive and cognitive significance of brain size variation …

Convergent evolution is widely viewed as strong evidence for the influence of natural
selection on the origin of phenotypic design. However, the emerging evo‐devo synthesis …