Model systems in developmental biology

✍ Scribed by Jessica A. Bolker

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 569 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0265-9247
• DOI: 10.1002/bies.950170513

✦ Synopsis

The practical criteria by which developmental biologists choose their model systems have evolutionary correlates. The result is a sample that is not merely small, but biased in particular ways, for example towards species with rapid, highly canalized development. These biases influence both data collection and interpretation, and our views of how development works and which aspects of it are important.