Developmentally cascading structures do not lose evolutionary potential, but compound developmental instability in rat molars
Natasha Vitek, Ella Saks, Amy Dong, Robert W. Burroughs, Devin L Ward, Emma Pomeroy, Malgorzata S. Martin‐Gronert, Susan Elizabeth Ozanne
The paper examines evolutionary potential and phenotypic plasticity in rat molars, finding that later-developing molars are equally or more evolvable than earlier ones, despite increased developmental instability.
bioRxiv · Jan 13, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology