New research on evolutionary biology, particularly #evodevo, plasticity-led evolution, extragenetic inheritance, #evolvability and #nicheconstruction.
Aug 31, 2019 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
What is developmental plasticity? A thread.
Devo bias is ubiquitous. Plasticity can facilitate profound changes in phenotype expression, and enables developmental robustness in the face of environmental fluctuations via compensatory adjustments in morphology and behavior.
Aug 4, 2019 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
A special symposium #EvoDevo19 honored Dr. Günter Wagner for his leadership & service to our profession, especially as Journal of Experimental Zoology editor-in-chief . To show our appreciate of his contributions to #evodevo, here are some books & papers we like!
Landmark paper with Lee Altenberg in 1996 in Evolution is a must read!
Complex Adaptations and the Evolution of Evolvability jstor.org/stable/2410639 (read online free)