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- noun informal Abbreviation of
evolutionary developmental biology .
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Evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is the very fruitful study of the ways in which genetic differences direct the energy of cells to give rise to variations in developmental patterns.
Crossroads 2009
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As I have noted before, the core findings of evo-devo were never predicted or anticipated by conventional evolutionary theory … here
The Weasel Thread 2009
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That is how large groups of scientists are able to colaborate on very big experimental evo-devo projects which produce real science.
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Well, one concept championed by evo-devo thinkers is the notion of “evolvability.”
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Given the evo-devo focus, I suspect that the implied denominator is not coding loci, but rather coding, plus regulatory, plus potentially regulatory loci.
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Carroll is a researcher in evolutionary consequences of developmental processes, or “evo-devo”, and a noted science writer.
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Why my little comment about the evo-devo playbook?
Developmental buffering, or how to live with your bad genes - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Used to lay out body plans, build beaks and alter fish jaws, BMP4 illustrates perfectly one of the major recurring themes of evo-devo.
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The minimal definition of macroevolution is “evolution above the species level”, but it has become a catchall term encompassing everything from speciation to lineage-diversification and extinction dynamics to “evolution of ‘higher taxa’” ack! go read “down with phyla!” to vaguely defined “large” amounts of change to evo-devo changes in development.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Carroll is a researcher in evolutionary consequences of developmental processes, or “evo-devo”, and a noted science writer.
edwardvielmetti commented on the word evo-devo
Molecular biology (including the publication of the human genome) and the so-called evo-devo paradigm now permit us to establish new and often quite unexpected connections among very different species. (Seed Magazine)
October 14, 2007
mollusque commented on the word evo-devo
Evolutionary developmental biology.
August 30, 2008