The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter‐related and how they are
shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been …

Fruiting body formation in Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycotina) represents the most complex
developmental processes known in the fungal kingdom. Shapes range from simple …

Complex multicellularity has emerged independently across a few eukaryotic lineages and
is often associated with the rise of elaborate, tightly coordinated developmental processes …

Despite morphological diversification of chordates over 550 million years of evolution, their
shared basic anatomical pattern (or 'bodyplan') remains conserved by unknown …

Modern wheat production comes from two polyploid species, Triticum aestivum and Triticum
turgidum (var durum), which putatively arose from diploid ancestors Triticum urartu, Aegilops …

Climate change is predicted to increase the occurrence of extreme weather events such as
heatwaves, which may thereby impact the outcome of plant-herbivore interactions. While …

The phylotranscriptomic analysis of development in several species revealed the expression
of older and more conserved genes in midembryonic stages and younger and more …

Evolutionary theory assumes that genetic variation is uniform and gradual in nature, yet
morphological and gene expression studies have revealed that different life-stages exhibit …

The transient larva-bearing biphasic life cycle is the hallmark of many metazoan phyla, but
how metazoan larvae originated remains a major enigma in animal evolution. There are two …

Highlights•Developmental hourglass patterns are not specific for animals.•In plants,
developmental hourglass patterns are associated with embryogenesis and post-embryonic …