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Oct 31, 2026 15 min

Evolutionary Development: Chicken Teeth - Crash Course Biology #17

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Hank introduces us to the relatively new field of evolutionary developmental biology, which compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine their ancestral relationship and to discover how those processes evolved. Also, fruit flies with eyes on their legs and chickens with teeth!References:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/47http://blog.hmns.org/?tag=evo-devohttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/what-evo-devo.htmlhttp://www.hoxfulmonsters.com/2008/05/setting-the-stage-for-hox-genes/http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evodevo_05http://lepdata.org/monteiro/Evo-devo%20pdfs/Halder_et_al_1995.pdfhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5230538Table of Contents1) EVO/DEVO - 00:512) Developmental Regulatory Genes - 2:003) Gap Genes - 2:394) Homeobox / HOX Genes - 2:505) Messed-Up Experiment - 6:166) EVO/DEVO & Evolution - 7:26a) Chickens with teeth - 8:14Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourseWant to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourseTwitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourseInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids

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