There has been a recent trend in evolutionary developmental biology (evo–devo) towards using increasing numbers of model species. I argue that, to understand phenotypic change and novelty, researchers ...

Over the past two decades, at least four major research programmes have formed in evo–devo, although there is extensive overlap among them. Figure 1: A morphodynamic model relating shape change and ...

For anyone who has ever wondered whether their child's traits are a product of genes or parenting practices, a major new project could help provide the answer. 'How We Develop', a newly published ...