Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Published In
International Journal Of Developmental Biology
Abstract
The early studies of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) come from several sources. Tributaries flowing into Evo-Devo came from such disciplines as embryology, developmental genetics, evolutionary biology, ecology, paleontology, systematics, medical embryology and mathematical modeling. This essay will trace one of the major pathways, that from evolutionary embryology to Evo-Devo and it will show the interactions of this pathway with two other sources of Evo-Devo: ecological developmental biology and medical developmental biology. Together, these three fields are forming a more inclusive evolutionary developmental biology that is revitalizing and providing answers to old and important questions involving the formation of biodiversity on Earth. The phenotype of Evo-Devo is limited by internal constraints on what could be known given the methods and equipment of the time and it has been framed by external factors that include both academic and global politics.
Recommended Citation
Scott F. Gilbert.
(2003).
"The Morphogenesis Of Evolutionary Developmental Biology".
International Journal Of Developmental Biology.
Volume 47,
Issue 7-8.
467-477.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-biology/188
Comments
This work is freely available courtesy of University of the Basque Country Press.