Skeletal elements have a diverse range of shapes and sizes specialized to their various
roles including protecting internal organs, locomotion, feeding, hearing, and vocalization …

Studies on domestication are blooming, but the developmental bases for the generation of
domestication traits and breed diversity remain largely unexplored. Some phenotypic …

Transposable elements (TEs) and satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are typically identified as major
repetitive DNA components in eukaryotic genomes. TEs are DNA segments able to move …

Most vertebrate groups exhibit eye shapes that vary predictably with activity pattern.
Nocturnal vertebrates typically have large corneas relative to eye size as an adaptation for …

Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …

For well over half of the 150 years since the discovery of the neural crest, the special ability
of these cells to function as a source of species‐specific pattern has been clearly …

Precise control of jaw length during development is crucial for proper form and function.
Previously we have shown that in birds, neural crest mesenchyme (NCM) confers species …

Chiari-like Malformation (CM) and secondary syringomyelia (SM), as well as their analogous
human conditions, is a complex developmental condition associated with pain and …

Understanding and predicting the evolutionary responses of complex morphological traits to
selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Because traits are genetically …

Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) is critical for the development of the vertebrate
bony skeleton. Unlike other RUNX family members, RUNX2 possesses a variable poly …