TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular Dissection of Allometry, Ontogeny, and Plasticity
T2 - A Genomic View of Developmental Biology
AU - Wu, Rongling
AU - Ma, Chang Xing
AU - Lou, Xiang Yang
AU - Casella, George
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Karl J. Niklas for sending us his reprints and for helpful e-mail discussions regarding the genetics of allometry. We thank three anonymous referees for their constructive comments, which led to a better presentation. The preparation of this manuscript is supported by a National Science Foundation grant (DMS 9971586) to G. C.; and an Outstanding Young Investigator Award of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30128017), a University of South Florida biodefense grant (7222061-12), and a University of Florida Research Opportunity Fund (02050259) to R. W. The publication of this manuscript is approved as journal series no. R-09585 by the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Allometric power scaling, ontogenetic growth, and phenotypic plasticity represent three fundamental developmental features for every living organism. To analyze these three features of an organism at the interface between development and evolution, researchers must understand their underlying genetic bases. We have developed a general framework for deciphering the genetic machinery that guides allometric scaling, ontogenetic growth, and environment-dependent plasticity in biological organisms. This approach constitutes a step toward creating a unified view of evolutionary biology and developmental biology ("evo-devo").
AB - Allometric power scaling, ontogenetic growth, and phenotypic plasticity represent three fundamental developmental features for every living organism. To analyze these three features of an organism at the interface between development and evolution, researchers must understand their underlying genetic bases. We have developed a general framework for deciphering the genetic machinery that guides allometric scaling, ontogenetic growth, and environment-dependent plasticity in biological organisms. This approach constitutes a step toward creating a unified view of evolutionary biology and developmental biology ("evo-devo").
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U2 - 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1041:MDOAOA]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1041:MDOAOA]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0345016424
SN - 0006-3568
VL - 53
SP - 1041
EP - 1047
JO - BioScience
JF - BioScience
IS - 11
ER -