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Evo Devo has not just provided a critical missing piece of the Modern Synthesis - embryology - and integrated it with molecular genetics and traditional elements such as paleontology. The wholly unexpected nature of some of its key discoveries and the unprecedented quality and depth of evidence it has provided toward settling previously unresolved questions bestow it with a revolutionary character.
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― Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
― Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
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Other researchers think that evolutionary transformations are best studied by the comparison of embryonic development and its underlying genetic causes. The conceptual justification for that approach is the claim that what is inherited from the parents and ancestors are not adult traits but rather developmental programs that regulate the development of adult traits.
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― Turtles as Hopeful Monsters: Origins and Evolution
― Turtles as Hopeful Monsters: Origins and Evolution