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Hox Genes and the Evolution of Vertebrate Axial Morphology Experiment (1995)
By: Joe Brinkman
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In 1995, researchers Ann Burke, Craig Nelson, Bruce Morgan, and Cliff Tabin in the US studied the genes that regulate the construction of vertebra in…
Homeobox genesMorphology (Animals)Genes, HomeoboxGrowth and DevelopmentExperiments
"Development, Plasticity and Evolution of Butterfly Eyespot Patterns" (1996), by Paul M. Brakefield et al.
By: Yawen Zou
| Published: Sep 10, 2013
Paul M. Brakefield and his research team in Leiden, the Netherlands, examined the development, plasticity, and evolution of butterfly eyespot…
ButterfliesDevelopmental BiologyPhenotypic plasticityGenotype-environment interactionEvolutionary developmental biology
Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Aug 05, 2013
Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, commonly known as Geoffroy, studied animals, their anatomy and their embryos, and teratogens at the National Museum…
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne, 1772-1844TeratologyZoologyFrench RevolutionHomology theory
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Jul 10, 2013
Georges Cuvier, baptized Georges Jean-Leopold Nicolas-Frederic Cuvier, was a professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris…
AnatomyAnatomy, ComparativeNatural historyExtinction (Biology)Zoology
The Carapacial Ridge of Turtles
By: Guido Caniglia
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
Two main elements characterize the skeletal morphology of turtles: the carapace and the plastron. For a turtle, the carapacial ridge begins in the…
TurtlesMorphology (Animals)EmbryosGerm CellsEmbryology