The emerging conceptual framework of evolutionary developmental biology

被引:218
作者
Arthur, W [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sunderland, Sch Sci, Ctr Ecol, Sunderland SR1 3SD, England
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
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10.1038/415757a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Over the last twenty years, there has been rapid growth of a new approach to understanding the evolution of organismic form. This evolutionary developmental biology, or 'evo-devo', is focused on the developmental genetic machinery that lies behind embryological phenotypes, which were all that could be studied in the past. Are there any general concepts emerging from this new approach, and if so, how do they impact on the conceptual structure of traditional evolutionary biology? In providing answers to these questions, this review assesses whether evo-devo is merely filling in some missing details, or whether it will cause a large-scale change in our thinking about the evolutionary process.
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页码:757 / 764
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