Unraveling the heritage of lost traits
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Molly C. Womack; Alexa Sadier; Karen E. Sears
- Source
- Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 338:107-118
- Subject
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Biology
Biological Evolution
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Phenotype
030104 developmental biology
Evolutionary biology
Embryology
Genetics
Trait
Evolutionary developmental biology
Animals
Molecular Medicine
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Developmental Biology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1552-5015
1552-5007
We synthesize ontogenetic work spanning the past century that show evolutionarily lost structures are rarely entirely absent from earlier developmental stages. We discuss morphological and genetic insights from developmental studies reveal about the evolution of trait loss and regain.