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During development and evolution, organisms differ from one another most obviously in the physical appearances that reflect their anatomical plans. These differences appear anew in each generation and arose, through time, by evolution, from forms with different anatomical plans. How types of organisms arose and become distinct from one another is a central quest of evolutionary developmental biology.
... the cramming of most species into a few anatomical plans, is a cardinal feature of modern life — and its greatest difference from the world of Burgess’ times. (Gould, 1989, p. 49).
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Hall, B.K. (1992). The Burgess Shale: different types of animals. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7926-1_2
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