evolutionary developmental biology
Evolutionary developmental biology, or evo-devo, is a scientific field that investigates how changes in genes and developmental processes can drive the evolution of different organisms and their traits across generations.
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- evolutionary constraints
- evolutionary novelties
- evolutionary significance of development
- gene expression
- genetic assimilation
- genetic regulation
- genetic toolkit
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- hox genes
- microevolution
- morphological evolution
- ontogeny
- phenotypic variation
- regulatory networks
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