Evolutionary developmental biology, or evo‐devo, investigates how evolution shapes developmental processes to generate the diversity of life. It synthesises comparative embryology, genetics and ...

1. The environment as a normal agent in producing phenotypes -- 2. How agents in the environment effect molecular changes in development -- 3. Developmental symbiosis: co-development as a strategy for ...

"This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla"--Volume 1, page [4] of cover. Vol. 1. Introduction, ...

New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

The study of Astyanax mexicanus, encompassing both its cave-adapted and surface-dwelling forms, has emerged as a model for understanding evolutionary adaptation to extreme environments. Researchers ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, finds that changes in animal development induced by climate shock persist ...

August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Characteristic features of plants, such as their active ingredients or flower color, may have developed through very different evolutionary histories. This is shown by an international study on the ...

The undergraduate minor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology prepares students to address global challenges such as climate change, international conflict and economic inequality. The ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Between 2% and 3% of all live-born infants are estimated to have a major developmental defect identified at birth (ICBD 1991; CDC 1995; Holmes 1997; March of Dimes 1999). The percentage increases ...