Biologists have long sought to understand which genes and what kinds of changes in their
sequences are responsible for the evolution of morphological diversity. Here, I outline eight …

Reciprocal questions often frame studies of the evolution of developmental mechanisms.
How can species share similar developmental genetic toolkits but still generate diverse life …

A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of
biological form as on its diversification. The field of evolutionary biology arose from the …

Evolutionary developmental biology, or'evo-devo', is the study of the relationship between
evolution and development. Dealing specifically with the generative mechanisms of …

Although the role of morphology in evolutionary theory remains a subject of debate,
assessing the contributions of morphological investigation to evolutionary developmental …

Is genetic evolution predictable? Evolutionary developmental biologists have argued that, at
least for morphological traits, the answer is a resounding yes. Most mutations causing …

For at least a century biologists have been talking, mostly in a black‐box sense, about
developmental mechanisms. Only recently have biologists succeeded broadly in fishing out …

ABSTRACT Evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) aims to unveil how
developmental processes and mechanisms become modified during evolution and how …

ABSTRACT A growing body of evidence suggests that changes in transcriptional regulation
form an important part of the genetic basis for the evolution of development. At a …

Morphological differences between species, from simple single‐character differences to
large‐scale variation in body plans, can be traced to changes in the timing and location of …