SICB Divisions
- Animal Behavior
- Botany
- Comparative Biomechanics
- Comparative Endocrinology
- Comp. Physiol. Biochemistry
- Ecoimmunology & Disease Ecology
- Evol. Developmental Biology
- Ecology & Evolution
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Neurobiology, Neuroethology & Sensory Biol.
- Phylogenetics and Comparative Biol.
(formerly: Systematic and Evolutionary Biol.) - Vertebrate Morphology
SICB Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology (DEDB)
DEDB Researchers Database Entry |
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| Shigeru Kuratani Developmental understanding of evolutionary novelties |
| My research group aims to understand the developmental background for some evolutionarily new structure and patterns. Our research strategy is to manipulate gene expression to alter the developmental pattern of model animals, to phenocopy the morphological pattern of interest. Evolution of the turtle carapace, mammalian middle ear ossicles, transition from agnathan to gnathostome states, and wing patterns of moths are the focuses of our interests. http://www.cdb.riken.jp/emo/index.html |