Plants, animals and the logic of development.
Multicellular plants and animals have evolved independently from a unicellular, last common ancestor. Each lineage started with a common toolkit of functioning genes and evolved to complex, multicellular forms. Comparison of the genes used to serve similar functions shows how organisms can use different genes for similar ends and thereby reveals the principles of development.
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Division of Biology 156-29, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. meyerow@cco.caltech.edu
D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics; D002450:Cell Communication; D002462:Cell Membrane; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D003593:Cytoplasm; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006128:Growth / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics