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developmental constraint: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

a bias on the production of variant phenotypes, or a limit on phenotypic variability, caused by the structure and dynamics of development.

In evolutionary biology, developmental constraint refers to a bias on the production of variant phenotypes, or a limit on phenotypic variability, caused by the structure and dynamics of development. This meaning comes from Smith (1985) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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References

Smith, J. M., Burian, R., Kauffman, S., Alberch, P., Campbell, J., Goodwin, B., Lande, R., Raup, D., & Wolpert, L. (1985). Developmental Constraints and Evolution: A Perspective from the Mountain Lake Conference on Development and Evolution. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 60(3), 265-287. https://doi.org/10.1086/414425

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