evolutionary developmental biology
noun
: a field of biology that combines the disciplines of evolutionary biology and developmental biology to study the relationship between evolution and developmental processes and mechanisms
called also evo-devo
evolutionary developmental biologist
noun
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The rise of evolutionary developmental biology, along with advances in genetics, has lent weight to a third possibility, Dr. Linz said.
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Asher Elbein, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
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Asher Elbein, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
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