Journal
EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 320-332Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12377
Keywords
climate change; eco‐ devo; lizard; reptile; squamate
Funding
- Loyola University Chicago
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Conservation Biology aims to limit human impacts on nature and preserve biological diversity. While traditionally having separate objectives, Developmental Biology and Conservation Biology should be combined to address the challenges of the 21st century.
Humans are changing and challenging nature in many ways. Conservation Biology seeks to limit human impacts on nature and preserve biological diversity. Traditionally, Developmental Biology and Conservation Biology have had nonoverlapping objectives, operating in distinct spheres of biological science. However, this chasm can and should be filled to help combat the emerging challenges of the 21st century. The means by which to accomplish this goal were already established within the conceptual framework of evo- and eco-devo and can be further expanded to address the ways that anthropogenic disturbance affect embryonic development. Herein, I describe ways that these approaches can be used to advance the study of reptilian embryos. More specifically, I explore the ways that a developmental perspective can advance ongoing studies of embryonic physiology in the context of global warming and chemical pollution, both of which are known stressors of reptilian embryos. I emphasize ways that these developmental perspectives can inform conservation biologists trying to develop management practices that will address the complexity of challenges facing reptilian embryos.
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