Kathryn D Kavanagh

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Publications

  1. ncbi Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development
    Kathryn D Kavanagh
    Evolution and Development Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56 Viikinkaari 9, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
    Nature 449:427-32. 2007
  2. ncbi Perspective: embedded molecular switches, anticancer selection, and effects on ontogenetic rates: a hypothesis of developmental constraint on morphogenesis and evolution
    Kathryn D Kavanagh
    Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Evolution 57:939-48. 2003

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development
    Kathryn D Kavanagh
    Evolution and Development Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56 Viikinkaari 9, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
    Nature 449:427-32. 2007
    ..In general, our work demonstrates how to construct and test developmental rules with evolutionary predictability in natural systems...
  2. ncbi Perspective: embedded molecular switches, anticancer selection, and effects on ontogenetic rates: a hypothesis of developmental constraint on morphogenesis and evolution
    Kathryn D Kavanagh
    Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Evolution 57:939-48. 2003
    ..These observations lead one to consider the possibility of a developmental constraint on ontogenetic rates and morphological evolution maintained by natural selection against cancer and other embryonic lethal defects...