Developmental bias

In evolutionary biology, developmental bias refers to the production against or towards certain ontogenetic trajectories which ultimately influence the direction and outcome of evolutionary change by affecting the rates, magnitudes, directions and limits of trait evolution.[1][2] Historically, the term was synonymous with developmental constraint,[1][3][4] however, the latter has been more recently interpreted as referring solely to the negative role of development in evolution.[5]

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  3. ^ Gould, S. J.; Lewontin, R. C. (1979). "The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 205 (1161): 581–598. Bibcode:1979RSPSB.205..581G. doi:10.1098/rspb.1979.0086. ISSN 0080-4649. PMID 42062. S2CID 2129408.
  4. ^ Gould, Stephen Jay (1989). "A Developmental Constraint in Cerion, with Comments of the Definition and Interpretation of Constraint in Evolution". Evolution. 43 (3): 516–539. doi:10.2307/2409056. JSTOR 2409056. PMID 28568388.
  5. ^ Arthur, Wallace (2001). "Developmental drive: an important determinant of the direction of phenotypic evolution". Evolution and Development. 3 (4): 271–278. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142x.2001.003004271.x. ISSN 1520-541X. PMID 11478524. S2CID 41698287.