BIOL4397 - Evolution of Development

 Lecture 20 - The Evolution of Body Patterning Genes

Slides [pdf]

Required Reading

  • Budd GE (1999) Does evolution in body patterning genes drive morphological change - or vice versa? BioEssays 21: 326-32. [pdf]

Recommended Reading
  • Gellon G & McGinnis W (1998) Shaping animal body plans in development and evolution by modulation of Hox expression patterns. BioEssays 20: 116-125. [pdf]

  • Leroi AM (2000) The scale independence of evolution. Evolution & Development 2: 67-77. [pdf]