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Pathways Between Development and Evolution

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The Neocortex

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At a recent round table discussion on evolution and development, a friend developmental neurobiologist whose opinion I cherish said more or less: “What is the use of thinking about evolution? Did it ever generate an experiment?” The ensuing silence seemed to settle the issue. The first part of this paper readdresses these questions. The second part deals with the possibility that developmental concepts may allow one to model, or even predict aspects of evolution. Although evolution is undoubtedly the most powerful theoretical concept in biology it cannot really be tested experimentally. An evolutionary scenario can, however, be represented by a model; known developmental mechanisms or rules can provide criteria for testing the coherence of the model.

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  1. Institute of Anatomy, Universite de Lausanne, 9 rue du Bugnon, 1005, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Giorgio M. Innocenti

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  1. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

    Barbara L. Finlay

  2. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Giorgio Innocenti

  3. Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Henning Scheich

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Innocenti, G.M. (1991). Pathways Between Development and Evolution. In: Finlay, B.L., Innocenti, G., Scheich, H. (eds) The Neocortex. NATO ASI Series, vol 200. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0652-6_5

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