Developmental drive: an important determinant of the direction of phenotypic evolution
@article{Arthur2001DevelopmentalDA, title={Developmental drive: an important determinant of the direction of phenotypic evolution}, author={Wallace Arthur}, journal={Evolution \& Development}, year={2001}, volume={3} }
SUMMARY Over any period of evolutionary time, the prevailing ontogenetic trajectory within a lineage may either recur unchanged from generation to generation (stasis) or alter (developmental reprogramming). A key question about reprogramming is whether it exhibits intrinsic biases in favor of some sorts of change and against others, which may be referred to respectively as “drive” and “constraint.” A simple logical argument suggests that both drive and constraint should be common, and…
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