2022
Body Plan Identity: A Mechanistic Model
DiFrisco J, Wagner G. Body Plan Identity: A Mechanistic Model. Evolutionary Biology 2022, 49: 123-141. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-022-09567-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody planBody plan evolutionMajor taxonomic groupsSegment polarity networkTransient embryonic structureAbstract Mechanistic modelsAnimal cladesPhylotypic stageMajor cladesPolarity networkTaxonomic groupsEvolutionary changeEvolutionary phenomenaDevelopmental complexityEmbryonic structuresDevelopmental mechanismsEnvironmental perturbationsMechanistic modelMechanistic architectureCladeArthropodsBiological causesGround planChordatesVertebrates
2000
Hox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci
Kim C, Amemiya C, Bailey W, Kawasaki K, Mezey J, Miller W, Minoshima S, Shimizu N, Wagner G, Ruddle F. Hox cluster genomics in the horn shark, Heterodontus francisci. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 1655-1660. PMID: 10677514, PMCID: PMC26491, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.030539697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHox gene clustersHox clustersHOXA clusterGene clusterHeterodontus francisciVertebrate body planHorn sharkGene-coding sequencesDivergence timesEvolutionary historyBody planHoxD clusterEvolutionary significanceSequence motifsVertebrate phylogenyDevelopmental processesGenetic entitiesStructural similarityControl motifsSharksCluster organizationMotifPhylogenyGenomicsNoncoding
1993
How can a character be developmentally constrained despite variation in developmental pathways?
Wagner G, Misof B. How can a character be developmentally constrained despite variation in developmental pathways? Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1993, 6: 449-455. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1993.6030449.x.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersDevelopmental constraintsDevelopmental biologyDevelopmental pathwaysEvolutionary developmental biologyComparative developmental biologyDevelopmental variationBody planAdaptive pressuresConservative patternAdult variationFundamental riddleHomologyBiologyBiological basisConservationPathwayAnatomical featuresMorphological patternsHomologuesEarly perturbationsVariationPatternsEarly stagesAdult patternFunction