BIOL4397 - Evolution of Development

 Lecture 7 - Developmental Constraints

Required Reading

• Maynard Smith J, et al (1985) Developmental contraints and evolution. Quart. Rev. Biol. 60: 265-287. [pdf]

• Arthur W & Farrow M (1999) The pattern of variation in centipede segment number as an example of developmental constraint in evolution. J. Theor. Biol. 200: 183-91. [pdf]

• Gould SJ & Lewontin RC (1979) The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 205: 581-598. [pdf]