Would you like to know why domesticated animals frequently have floppy ears, piebald coat colours or curly tails? Or why artificial selection for tameness leads to animals with small teeth and brains?
Watch this terrific 5-minute animation from the 'Evolution Evolving' website:
evolutionevolving.org/storie…
It explains how developmental mechanisms create biases in the generation of trait variation, such that clusters of traits evolve together.
These videos are based on material in Kevin Lala et al's forthcoming book ‘Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity’, which is now available to pre-order at
@PrincetonUPress . Order now for a 30% discount (see above website for details).
ALT Screenshot of animation 'Domestic dogs and docile pigs'