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developmental modularity: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary developmental biology

the organization of a developing organism into semi-independent units that are tightly integrated inside and can vary and evolve somewhat separately.

In evolutionary developmental biology, developmental modularity refers to the organization of a developing organism into semi-independent units that are tightly integrated inside and can vary and evolve somewhat separately. This meaning comes from Wagner (1996) in American Zoologist.[1]

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  1. Wagner, G. P. (1996). Homologues, Natural Kinds and the Evolution of Modularity. American Zoologist, 36(1), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/36.1.36

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