... plasticity Phenotypic development Ontogeny University of Florence http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004434 Developmental plasticity, shaped by the dynamic interaction between genes and the environment, enables organisms to adjust their developmental pathways, leading to changes...

... trajectories of body size and internal organs following interspecific hybridization in chars. Arctic char Brook char Ontogeny Morphometry Heterosis Transgressive segregation Hybridization can lead to rapid genomic changes, including chromosomal rearrangement, genome expansion, differential...

...Sarah K. G. Sirsat; Tushar S. Sirsat; Edwin R. Price; Edward M. Dzialowski ABSTRACT The ontogeny of endothermy in birds is associated with disproportionate growth of thermogenic organs and increased mitochondrial oxidative capacity. However, no similar study has been made of the development...

... plans of these major deuterostome phyla. Ontogeny Evolution Homology Pentamery Growth-zone Metamerism Deuterostomes are a supraphyletic group comprising three major phyla, the echinoderms, the chordates and the hemichordates. Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a monophyletic...