Molecular Dissection of Allometry, Ontogeny, and Plasticity: A Genomic View of Developmental Biology

Rongling Wu; Chang Xing Ma; Xiang Yang Lou; George Casella

doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1041:MDOAOA]2.0.CO;2

Molecular Dissection of Allometry, Ontogeny, and Plasticity: A Genomic View of Developmental Biology

Rongling Wu
, Chang Xing Ma
, Xiang Yang Lou
, George Casella

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Abstract

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").

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1041-1047
Number of pages	7
Journal	BioScience
Volume	53
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1041:MDOAOA]2.0.CO;2
State	Published - Nov 2003

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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