BIOL4397 - Evolution of Development
Lecture 11 - The Comparative Method and Developmental Constraints
Lecture Notes [pdf]Slides [pdf]
Required Reading
- Richardson MK & Chipman AD (2003) Developmental constraints in a comparative
framework: a test case using variations in phalanx number during amniote evolution.
Mol. Dev. Evol. 296: 8-22.
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- Galis F (1999) Why do almost all mammals have seven cervical
vertebrae? Developmental constraints, Hox genes,
and cancer.
Mol. Dev. Evol. 285: 19-26.
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