Bolker J A
Dept of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.
Bioessays. 1995 May;17(5):451-5. doi: 10.1002/bies.950170513.
The practical criteria by which developmental biologists choose their model systems have evolutionary correlates. The result is a sample that is not merely small, but biased in particular ways, for example towards species with rapid, highly canalized development. These biases influence both data collection and interpretation, and our views of how development works and which aspects of it are important.
发育生物学家选择其模型系统所依据的实际标准具有进化上的相关性。结果得到的样本不仅数量少，而且在特定方面存在偏差，例如偏向于具有快速、高度定型发育的物种。这些偏差影响数据的收集和解读，以及我们对发育如何进行以及发育的哪些方面重要的看法。
