Here on Nobel Intent, we've mostly discussed evolution in terms of DNA data and fossils. But there's a growing field that's picked up the nickname evo-devo, which approaches evolutionary questions ...

Did you ever wonder how snakes lost their necks and legs? Are you curious about why birds have feathers on their wings and scales on their legs? You will find the answers to these and many other ...

Quantitative approaches are used increasingly in evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-devo'). In particular, geometric morphometrics is widely used to quantify the shape of organisms or their ...

Foreword page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: What is Evo-Devo and Why is it Important? -- What is Evo-Devo? -- Origins of Evo-Devo: the Homeobox -- Origins of Evo-Devo: Other Factors -- Evo-Devo ...

It would be hard to imagine two more different timescales in the lives of organisms than development--the transformation of an embryo to an adult within a single generation--and evolution--the ...