Theoretical approaches to the evolution of development and genetic architecture

Sean H. Rice

doi:10.1196/annals.1438.002

Theoretical approaches to the evolution of development and genetic architecture

Sean H. Rice

Biological Sciences

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Abstract

Developmental evolutionary biology has, in the past decade, started to move beyond simply adapting traditional population and quantitative genetics models and has begun to develop mathematical approaches that are designed specifically to study the evolution of complex, nonadditive systems. This article first reviews some of these methods, discussing their strengths and shortcomings. The article then considers some of the principal questions to which these theoretical methods have been applied, including the evolution of canalization, modularity, and developmental associations between traits. I briefly discuss the kinds of data that could be used to test and apply the theories, as well as some consequences for other approaches to phenotypic evolution of discoveries from theoretical studies of developmental evolution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Pages	67-86
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781573317245
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1438.002
State	Published - Jun 2008

Publication series

Name	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume	1133
ISSN (Print)	0077-8923
ISSN (Electronic)	1749-6632

Keywords

Canalization
Evolution of development
Evolutionary theory
Genetic architecture
Modularity

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