title: Evolution of development: the details are in the entrails.
abstract: Historically, the position of the site of gastrulation has been used to understand the developmental basis for body plan diversity. A recent molecular study, however, challenges long-held views and shows that molecular patterning mechanisms can be used to understand body plan evolution despite variation in gastrulation movements.
authors.affiliation: Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. mqmartin@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Mark Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Martindale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*