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Quantitative genetics of shape in cricket wings: developmental integration in a functional structure.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2010
Klingenberg Christian Peter, Debat Vincent, Roff Derek A
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The role of developmental and genetic integration for evolution is contentious. One hypothesis states that integration acts as a constraint on evolution, whereas an alternative is that developmental and genetic systems evolve to match the functional modularity of organisms. This study examined a morphological structure, the cricket wing, where developmental and functional modules are discordant, making it...
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