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Evolutionary Developmental Biology

The fields of Development and Evolution cannot be truly separated. When we study Developmental Biology we are mostly looking at a fine-tuned mechanical and genetic process that has been selected on for eons. Not only can evolution select on the final product - a working, fertile adult - but also can act at each developmental stage. It is easy to see how evolution acts through natural selection on adults, but how can it act on development itself?

Evolutionary Developmental BiologyBiology
Author
Ajna Rivera
Publisher
University of the Pacific
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 52 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EvoDevo)
  2. 1.1: What is EvoDevo?
  3. 1.2: EvoDevo Case Study
  4. 1.3: Briefly, Genetics
  5. 1.E: Introduction to Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Exercises)
  6. 02: Fertilization and Cortical Rotation
  7. 2.E: Fertilization and Cortical Rotation (Exercises)
  8. 03: Cleavage and Gastrulation
  9. 3.1: The Curious Case of Bicoid: Models for Making a Gradient-A Model Emerges
  10. 3.2: Cell Division and Movement: Cleavage - Frog Gastrulation and the Dorsal Lip of the Blastopore
  11. 3.3: The EvoDevo of the Blastopore: The Spemann-Mangold Organizer - Gastrulation in Evolution
  12. 3.E: Cleavage and Gastrulation (Exercises)
  13. 3.S: Cleavage and Gastrulation (Summary)
  14. 04: Genetic Toolkit
  15. 4.1: Introduction: The Big Picture
  16. 4.2: Signaling and Fate Restriction: Cell-cell communication - Within the cell
  17. 4.3: EvoDevo: How does this all evolve?
  18. 4.E: Genetic Toolkit Exercises
  19. 4.S: Genetic Toolkit (References)
  20. 05: Regionalization and Organizers
  21. P axis: Beginning-Hox Genes, Another Level of Regionalization
  22. 5.2: Organizers-Other Organizers
  23. 5.S: Regionalization and Organizers (References)
  24. 06: Genetic Basis of Complexity
  25. 6.1: Types of Selection: Beginning - Generating Mutants
  26. 6.2: The Evolution of Complexity: Increasing Genomic or Organismal Complexity
  27. 6.E: Genetic Basis of Complexity Exercises
  28. 6.S: Genetic Basis of Complexity (References)
  29. 07: Patterning
  30. 7.1: Turing Patterns to Generate Stripes and Spots
  31. 7.2: A Turing-like Model for Generating Stripes in Digit Development
  32. 7.3: Lateral Inhibition in Nervous System Patterning
  33. 7.4: Size and Shape
  34. 7.E: Patterning Class Activity and Discussion
  35. 7.R: Patterning References
  36. 08: Novelty
  37. 8.1: What is an Evolutionary Novelty?
  38. 8.2: Case Study - The Evolution of Insect Wings
  39. 8.E: Novelty Discussion
  40. 8.S: Novelty (Summary)
  41. 09: Evolvability and Plasticity
  42. 10: Case Studies
  43. 10.1: Case Study - Ectodermal Appendages
  44. 10.2: Bird Dactyly
  45. 10.3: Butterfly Wing Spots
  46. 10.4: Lactase Persistence
  47. 10.5: Gene Duplication and Folivory (leaf eating)
  48. 80: Mini-Labs
  49. Paralog Lab
  50. 2: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Observations
  51. 3. Butterfly Wings Lab: Boundaries and Pattern Formation
  52. Reaction Diffusion Simulator