Mechanisms of Change: A Population-Based Perspective on the Roles of Modularity and Pleiotropy in Diversification

Developmental modularity has long been viewed as a hierarchical organization that facilitates evolution through modification or reuse of preexisting modules. More recently, developmental modularity has been proposed as a mechanism capable of driving rapid evolution of novel color pattern phenotypes...

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Main Authors: James J. Lewis, Steven M. Van Belleghem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00261/full