Ovogénèse et embryogenèse de la drosophileL'ovogenèse et l'embryogenèse de la drosophile sont les processus de développement de l'ovocyte de la drosophile, puis la mise en place des organes après la fécondation. Chez cette espèce la mise en place des axes antéro-postérieur et dorsaux-ventral se fait avant la fécondation. La drosophile est un organisme modèle en génétique et biologie du développement. Elle est utilisée pour sa petite taille et son cycle de vie court, sa descendance nombreuse. La transparence de l'embryon facilite également son étude.
HomeosisIn evolutionary developmental biology, homeosis is the transformation of one organ into another, arising from mutation in or misexpression of certain developmentally critical genes, specifically homeotic genes. In animals, these developmental genes specifically control the development of organs on their anteroposterior axis. In plants, however, the developmental genes affected by homeosis may control anything from the development of a stamen or petals to the development of chlorophyll.
Réseaux de régulation géniquedroite|vignette|360x360px| Structure d'un réseau de régulation génique droite|vignette|360x360px| Processus de contrôle d'un réseau de régulation génique Un réseau de régulation génique (ou génétique ) ( RRG ), réseau de régulation des gènes ou réseaux de régulation transcriptionnelle est un ensemble de régulateurs moléculaires qui interagissent entre eux et avec d'autres substances dans une cellule pour moduler l'expression génique de l'ARNm et des protéines qui, à leur tour, déterminent la fonction de la c
Extended evolutionary synthesisThe extended evolutionary synthesis consists of a set of theoretical concepts argued to be more comprehensive than the earlier modern synthesis of evolutionary biology that took place between 1918 and 1942. The extended evolutionary synthesis was called for in the 1950s by C. H. Waddington, argued for on the basis of punctuated equilibrium by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge in the 1980s, and was reconceptualized in 2007 by Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B. Müller. Notably, Dr.
Evo-devo gene toolkitThe evo-devo gene toolkit is the small subset of genes in an organism's genome whose products control the organism's embryonic development. Toolkit genes are central to the synthesis of molecular genetics, palaeontology, evolution and developmental biology in the science of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). Many of them are ancient and highly conserved among animal phyla. Toolkit genes are highly conserved among phyla, meaning that they are ancient, dating back to the last common ancestor of bilaterian animals.
Équilibre ponctuévignette|Gradualisme phylétique et théorie des équilibres ponctués.|alt= La théorie des , aussi appelée ponctualisme ou ponctuationnisme, est un développement de la théorie de l'évolution proposée par deux paléontologues américains, Stephen Jay Gould et Niles Eldredge. Elle postule que l'évolution comprend de longues périodes d'équilibre, ou quasi-équilibre, ponctuées de brèves périodes de changements importants comme la spéciation ou les extinctions.
Pattern formationThe science of pattern formation deals with the visible, (statistically) orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns in nature. In developmental biology, pattern formation refers to the generation of complex organizations of cell fates in space and time. The role of genes in pattern formation is an aspect of morphogenesis, the creation of diverse anatomies from similar genes, now being explored in the science of evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo.
Müllerian mimicryMüllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more well-defended species, often foul-tasting and sharing common predators, have come to mimic each other's honest warning signals, to their mutual benefit. The benefit to Müllerian mimics is that predators only need one unpleasant encounter with one member of a set of Müllerian mimics, and thereafter avoid all similar coloration, whether or not it belongs to the same species as the initial encounter.
Ocelle (tache)vignette|Ocelle d'une plume de Paon bleu (Pavo cristatus) En biologie, un ocelle est une tache arrondie qui sert de leurre ou de moyen d'intimidation sur la peau, les ailes, les plumes d'animaux. On en trouve chez les poissons, les oiseaux, les reptiles (Phelsuma quadriocellata) et les insectes, papillons notamment. Chez les félins, les ocelles, également appelés rosettes, servent de camouflage. vignette|Ocelles sur un Paon-du-jour (Aglais io).
Deep homologyIn evolutionary developmental biology, the concept of deep homology is used to describe cases where growth and differentiation processes are governed by genetic mechanisms that are homologous and deeply conserved across a wide range of species. In 1822, the French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire dissected a crayfish, discovering that its body is organised like a vertebrate's, but inverted belly to back (dorsoventrally): I just found that all the soft organs, that is to say, the principal organs of life are found in crustaceans, and so in insects, in the same order, in the same relationships and with the same arrangement as their analogues in the high vertebrate animals .
