Several decades have passed since the discovery of Hox genes in the fruit fly Drosophila
melanogaster. Their unique ability to regulate morphologies along the anteroposterior (AP) …

Evolutionary change in animal morphology results from alteration of the functional
organization of the gene regulatory networks (GRNs) that control development of the body …

The evolution of body shape is thought to be tightly coupled to changes in regulatory
sequences, but specific molecular events associated with major morphological transitions in …

Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively
large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several …

Divergent morphology of species has largely been ascribed to genetic differences in the
tissue-specific expression of proteins, which could be achieved by divergence in cis …

Snakes possess many extreme morphological and physiological adaptations. Identification
of the molecular basis of these traits can provide novel understanding for vertebrate biology …

The origin of phenotypic diversity among higher clades is one of the most fundamental
topics in evolutionary biology. However, due to methodological challenges, few studies have …

Since their discovery Hox genes have been at the core of the established models explaining
the development and evolution of the vertebrate body plan as well as its paired …

The great majority of metazoans belong to bilaterian phyla. They diversified during a short
interval in Earth's history known as the Cambrian explosion,∼ 540 million years ago …

Snake venoms represent a danger to human health, but also a gold mine of bioactive
proteins that can be harnessed for drug discovery purposes. The evolution of snakes and …