Developmental Biology has made substantial contributions to the
field of Evolutionary Biology, providing tools that allow us to
mechanistically study Darwin’s concept of “Descent with
Modification”. This combination of Developmental and Evolutionary
Biology has become its own discipline, Evo-Devo. The phenomena of
heterotopy, heterochrony, and heterometry can combine in a variety
of ways to bring about generational variation in a species that
can, in conjunction with natural selection, result in evolutionary
changes. “Darwin’s Finches” is an example of this. Provide...