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Evolution of anatomy and gene control

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Figure 1: Illuminating the elephant of complexity.
Figure 2: Character evolution and gene expression in fossils.
Figure 3: Tissue preservation in fossils.
Figure 4: Evolution, development and systems biology.
Figure 5: Gene regulation as a driver of morphological change.

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Acknowledgements

I thank Keith Vance, Sascha Ott and Per Ahlberg for discussions. I gratefully acknowledge advice from Sheila Canby (British Museum) about Persian miniatures and Rumi. Benoît Junod, curator at the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva, provided the photograph of the elephant. I apologize to my colleagues for not being able to cite all relevant publications. Work in my laboratory is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Human Frontier Science Program, the ARC, ConquerChiari and the BBSRC.

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