The tooth provides an excellent system for deciphering the molecular mechanisms of
organogenesis, and has thus been of longstanding interest to developmental and stem cell …

A recurrent theme in evolutionary biology is to contrast natural selection and developmental
constraint–two forces pitted against each other as competing explanations for organismal …

Developmental plasticity has been proposed to facilitate phenotypic diversification in plants
and animals, but the macroevolutionary potential of plastic traits remains to be objectively …

Approaches to macroevolution require integration of its two fundamental components, ie the
origin and the sorting of variation, in a hierarchical framework. Macroevolution occurs in …

Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) has undergone dramatic transformations
since its emergence as a distinct discipline. This paper aims to highlight the scope, power …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

The largest published phylogenetic analysis of early limbed vertebrates (Ruta M, Coates MI.
2007. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5: 69–122) recovered, for example …

A fuller understanding of the role of developmental bias in shaping large‐scale evolutionary
patterns requires integrating bias (the probability distribution of variation accessible to an …

During organogenesis, cell fate specification and patterning are regulated by signaling
centers, specialized clusters of morphogen-expressing cells. In many organs, initiation of …

For many evolutionary biologists, fitness differences cause trait frequency changes in
populations, and natural selection explains the evolution of adaptations. Treating fitness …