Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Divergent mechanics of inner ear morphogenesis are coupled to developmental tempo over vertebrate evolution
Shunya Kuroda, Shuhei A. Horiguchi, Soichiro Kato…·Okuda Satoru
The paper examines inner ear morphogenesis across 12 vertebrate species, finding that divergent mechanical processes in tissue expansion are coordinated with developmental tempo to maintain conserved morphology.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.27.706697