Article
Evolution of regulatory networks: nematode vulva induction as an example of developmental systems drift.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2012
Sommer Ralf J
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the developmental processes and developmental mechanisms can result in the modification of morphological structures and in the evolution of phenotypic novelty. But how do developmental processes evolve? One striking finding in modern biology is the confrontation of morphological divers...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cell Communication
- Conserved Sequence
- Epidermis
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Helminth Proteins
- Larva
- Nematoda
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Reproduction
- Signal Transduction