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    Science. 2006 Aug 11;313(5788):761; author reply 761.

    Comment on "Gene regulatory networks and the evolution of animal body plans".

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    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. j-coyne@uchicago.edu

    Abstract

    Davidson and Erwin (Reviews, 10 February 2006, p. 796) argued that known microevolutionary processes cannot explain the evolution of large differences in development that characterize phyla. Instead, they proposed that phyla arise from novel evolutionary processes involving large mutations acting on conserved core pathways of development. I question some of their assumptions and show that natural selection adequately explains the origin of new phyla.

    PMID:
    16902111
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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