Evolutionary developmental biology (often referred to as
'evo-devo' or
evolution of development) is a field of
biology that compares the
developmental processes of different
animals in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between
organisms and how developmental processes evolved. The discovery of
genes regulating development in
model organisms allowed for comparisons to be made with genes and
genetic networks of related organisms.
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