title: Evolution and development: anchors away!
abstract: Developmental mechanisms can evolve even when the trait they produce does not, and the nematode vulva has become a model organ for detecting such "developmental system drift". A new study reveals what may be the very earliest stages of this process by experimentally modifying key vulval signaling pathways in different species of Caenorhabditis, and carefully quantifying the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Haag
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: True
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019521:Body Patterning; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004627:Embryonic Induction; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014844:Vulva / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins