Integrating Complex Life Cycles in Comparative Developmental Biology.
Annu Rev Genet
; 57: 321-339, 2023 11 27.
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ABSTRACT
The goal of comparative developmental biology is identifying mechanistic differences in embryonic development between different taxa and how these evolutionary changes have led to morphological and organizational differences in adult body plans. Much of this work has focused on direct-developing species in which the adult forms straight from the embryo and embryonic modifications have direct effects on the adult. However, most animal lineages are defined by indirect development, in which the embryo gives rise to a larval body plan and the adult forms by transformation of the larva. Historically, much of our understanding of complex life cycles is viewed through the lenses of ecology and zoology. In this review, we discuss the importance of establishing developmental rather than morphological or ecological criteria for defining developmental mode and explicitly considering the evolutionary implications of incorporating complex life cycles into broad developmental comparisons of embryos across metazoans.
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Asunto principal:
Evolución Biológica
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Estadios del Ciclo de Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
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Annu Rev Genet
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2023
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Article