AINTEGUMENTA homolog expression in Gnetum (gymnosperms) and implications for the evolution of ovulate axes in seed plants.

abstract：:Organizers of the symposium Starting from Fins: Parallelism in the Evolution of Limbs and Genitalia intended it 1) to begin debates and discussions about parallelism, serial homology and transitions in development, as well as evolution of gene function and theories of origins and 2) to examine closely the potential si...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Rosa-Molinar E,Burke AC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular and morphological data sets have yielded conflicting phylogenies for the Metazoa. So far, no general explanation for the existence of this conflict has been suggested. However, I believe that a neglected aspect of metazoan cladistics has introduced a systematic and substantial bias into morphological phyloge...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Jenner RA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onthophagus taurus is a polyphenic beetle in which males express alternative major (horned) and minor (hornless) morphologies largely dependent on larval nutrition. O. taurus was originally limited to a Turanic-European-Mediterranean distribution, but became introduced to several exotic regions in the late 1960s. Usin...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Pizzo A,Roggero A,Palestrini C,Moczek AP,Rolando A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrae are serially homologous structures with tight integration through their evolution and development. However, in mammals, the thoracic and lumbar regions are morphologically and functionally differentiated. We test the hypothesis that locomotor specialization is associated with altered post-natal growth patter...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Jones KE,German RZ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in axial formulae (i.e., number and identity of vertebrae) is an important feature in the evolution of vertebrates. Vertebrae at different axial positions exhibit a region-specific morphology. Key determinants for the establishment of particular vertebral shapes are the highly conserved Hox genes. Here, we a...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Böhmer C,Rauhut OW,Wörheide G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing challenge to evolutionary developmental biology is to understand how developmental evolution on the level of populations and closely related species relates to macroevolutionary transformations and the origin of morphological novelties. Here we explore the developmental basis of beetle horns, a morphologica...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Moczek AP,Nagy LM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whey acidic protein (WAP) belongs to a family of four disulfide core (4-DSC) proteins rich in cysteine residues and is the principal whey protein found in milk of a number of mammalian species. Eutherian WAPs have two 4-DSC domains, whereas marsupial WAPs are characterized by the presence of an additional domain at th...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Topcic D,Auguste A,De Leo AA,Lefevre C,Digby MR,Nicholas KR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural diversity of gastropod veliger larvae offers an instructive counterpoint to the view of larval forms as conservative archetypes. Larval structure, function, and development are fine-tuned for survival in the plankton. Accordingly, the study of larval adaptation provides an important perspective for evol...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Hickman CS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian heterodont dentition is differentiated into incisors, canines, premolars, and molars in the mesial-distal direction, in both the upper and lower jaws. Although all the lower teeth are rooted in the mandible, the upper incisors are rooted in the premaxilla and the upper canine and the teeth behind it are in t...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Yamanaka A,Iwai H,Uemura M,Goto T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geophilomorph centipedes show variation in segment number (a) between closely related species and (b) within and between populations of the same species. We have previously shown for a Scottish population of the coastal centipede Strigamia maritima that the temperature of embryonic development is one of the factors th...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Vedel V,Apostolou Z,Arthur W,Akam M,Brena C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms of morphological evolution is one of the greatest challenges in evolutionary biology. Sexually dimorphic traits, which often evolve at a high rate due to their involvement in mate choice and sexual selection, present unique opportunities for investigating changes in d...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Kopp A,True JR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The way in which novelties that lead to macroevolutionary events originate is a major question in evolutionary biology, and one that can be addressed using the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) as a model system. It is exceptional among amphibians in displaying intraspecific diversity of reproductive strategies....

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Buckley D,Alcobendas M,García-París M,Wake MH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila sex comb (SC) has been hailed as a powerful tool for integrative studies in development, evolution, and behavior, but its ontogeny is poorly understood, even in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Using 4D live imaging and other techniques, we carried out a detailed analysis of the cellular even...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Atallah J,Liu NH,Dennis P,Hon A,Godt D,Larsen EW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric cell divisions are a crucial mode of cell fate specification in multicellular organisms, but their relative contribution to early embryonic patterning varies among taxa. In the embryo of the mollusc Ilyanassa, most of the early cell divisions are overtly asymmetric. During Ilyanassa early cleavage, mRNAs fo...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Kingsley EP,Chan XY,Duan Y,Lambert JD

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed a comprehensive data set of ossification sequences including seven marsupial, 13 placental and seven sauropsid species. Data are provided for the first time for two major mammalian clades, Chiroptera and Soricidae, and for two rodent species; the published sequences of three species were improved with addi...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Sánchez-Villagra MR,Goswami A,Weisbecker V,Mock O,Kuratani S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beliefs regarding the origins of the universe and life differ substantially between groups of people and are often particularly associated with religious worldviews. It is important to understand factors associated with evolution and creationism beliefs and unacceptance of scientific evidence for evolution. An interne...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Wilson DP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay recapitulates major paths followed by the Russian tradition of what we refer to today as evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo"). The article addresses several questions regarding the conceptual history of evolutionary embryological thought in its particularly Russian perspective: (1) the assertion ...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Mikhailov AT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venom-injecting forcipules of centipedes represent an evolutionary novelty that appeared in the centipede stem lineage more than 400 Ma. No other lineage of arthropods (or indeed of animals) has evolved claws for injecting venom from a pair of walking legs. However, little is known of the development, ultrastructu...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Dugon MM,Arthur W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astacin-like metalloproteases are ubiquitous in the animal kingdom but their phylogenetic relationships and ancient functions within the Metazoa are unclear. We have cloned and characterized four astacin-like cDNAs from the marine hydroid Hydractinia echinata and performed a database search for related genes in the dr...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Möhrlen F,Maniura M,Plickert G,Frohme M,Frank U

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive division of labor is one of the crucial features in social insects, however, the developmental mechanisms leading to modifications in the reproductive apparatus of workers are still not very clear. Ants show a remarkable diversity in the morphological specialization of the worker's reproductive apparatus,...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Gotoh A,Billen J,Hashim R,Ito F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pax family genes encode a class of transcription factors that regulate various developmental processes. To shed light on the evolutionary history of these genes in Panarthropoda (Onychophora + Tardigrada + Arthropoda), we analyzed the Pax repertoire in the embryonic and adult transcriptomes of the onychophoran Euperip...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Franke FA,Schumann I,Hering L,Mayer G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal development is the product of distinct components and interactions-genes, regulatory networks, and cells-and it exhibits emergent properties that cannot be inferred from the components in isolation. Often the focus is on the genotype-to-phenotype map, overlooking the process of development that turns one into t...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Signor SA,Arbeitman MN,Nuzhdin SV

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeobox gene database (HomeoDB), a manually curated database of homeobox genes and their classification, has been well received since its release in 2008. Here, we report HomeoDB2, an expansion and improvement of the original database that provides greater functionality for the user. HomeoDB2 includes all homeobox lo...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Zhong YF,Holland PW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been shown that the three metazoan superphyla that are recognized on the basis of 18S rDNA phylogenies--ecdysozoans, lophotrochozoans, and deuterostomes--each have characteristic Hox genes. This observation has been taken further, and these "signature" Hox genes have been looked for in taxa of uncertai...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Telford MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we document the early gamogenetic development of Cyclestherida, including a characterization of the nervous system. Resting eggs in Cyclestheria are protected by an ephippium, built by the major part of the carapace. The first stages of development are enclosed in an outer chorion and an inner vitelline membrane....

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Fritsch M,Richter S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many respects, reptile hatchlings are fully functional, albeit miniature, adults. This means that the adult morphology must emerge during embryonic development. This insight emphasizes the connection between the mechanisms that generate phenotypic variation during embryonic development and the action of selection o...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Andrews RM,Skewes SA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ossification sequence of Myiopsitta monachus was determined. Myiopsitta has a similar sequence to other altricial birds, with delayed skeletons compared to precocial species. The hindlimbs ossify before the forelimbs, a condition that could be linked to altriciality. To determine the stability of the sequences of ...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Carril J,Tambussi CP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of floral organ identity was investigated using a forward genetic approach in five floral homeotic mutants of Thalictrum, a noncore eudicot. We hypothesized that these mutants carry defects in the floral patterning genes. Mutant characterization comprised comparative floral morphology and organ identity...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Martínez-Gómez J,Galimba KD,Coté EY,Sullivan AM,Di Stilio VS

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye and head morphology vary considerably among insects and even between closely related species of Drosophila. Species of the D. melanogaster subgroup, and other Drosophila species, exhibit a negative correlation between eye size and face width (FW); for example, D. mauritiana generally has bigger eyes composed of la...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Arif S,Hilbrant M,Hopfen C,Almudi I,Nunes MD,Posnien N,Kuncheria L,Tanaka K,Mitteroecker P,Schlötterer C,McGregor AP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological transformations can be generated by evolutionary changes in the sequence of developmental events. In this study, we examined the evolutionary dynamics of the developmental sequence on a macroevolutionary scale in teleosts. Using the information from previous reports describing the development of 31 speci...

journal_title：Evolution & development

authors： Ito F,Matsumoto T,Hirata T

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00