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Satb2, modularity, and the evolvability of the vertebrate jaw.
Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000
Fish Jennifer L, Villmoare Brian, Köbernick Katja, Compagnucci Claudia, Britanova Olga, Tarabykin Victor, Depew Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Modularity is a key mechanism bridging development and evolution and is fundamental to evolvability. Herein, we investigate modularity of the Vertebrate jaw with the aim of understanding mechanisms of its morphological evolution. Conservation of the basic structural bauplan of Vertebrate jaws led to a Hinge and Caps model, in which polarity in the patterning system of developing jaws predicts modularity. We have...
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