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Review

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

The Fibularis Longus Muscle Revisited: Comparative Anatomy, Developmental Perspectives, and Clinical Relevance

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Ingrid C Landfald
Magdalena Ciechanowska
Łukasz Olewnik

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1678965

Editorial

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Editorial: Eco-evo-devo: an emergent integrative discipline of biology

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Miguel Brun Usan
Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca
Kathryn D. Kavanagh
Jacqueline E. Moustakas-Verho
Roland Zimm

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1681036

1,301 views

Review

Published on 10 Sep 2025

Ectopic taste receptors in animal physiology: evolutionary conservation and functional diversification

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Kejin Chen
Xinyu Liang
Hongyu Yi
Guixiang Yu
Qi Wu

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1660529

1,127 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 09 Sep 2025

The subfunctionalization of shox and shox2 paralogs in shark highlights both shared and distinct developmental mechanisms of branchial arches and fins

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Galina V. Ermakova
Irina V. Meyntser
Vassily A. Lyubetsky
Andrey G. Zaraisky
Andrey V. Bayramov

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1667637

734 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

The emergence of chordin-like1 in gnathostomes may have contributed to the evolution of paired appendages

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Galina V. Ermakova
Irina V. Meyntser
Nikolai S. Mugue
Vassily A. Lyubetsky
Andrey G. Zaraisky
Andrey V. Bayramov

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1649996

1,725 views

Review

Published on 29 Aug 2025

The fibularis tertius muscle revisited: comparative anatomy, developmental classification, and evolutionary-clinical implications

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Łukasz Olewnik
Ingrid C. Landfald
Daria Domosławka
George Triantafyllou
Georgi P. Georgiev
Maria Piagkou

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1647572

1,176 views

Review

Published on 14 Aug 2025

Comparative and developmental anatomy of the fibularis brevis muscle: morphological variants and their clinical significance

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Łukasz Olewnik
Ingrid C. Landfald
Daria Domosławska
Kacper Ruzik
George Triantafyllou
Maria Piagkou
Teresa Vázquez

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1647407

1,272 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Jul 2025

Water temperature modulates multidimensional plastic responses to water flow during the ontogeny of a neotropical fish (Astyanax lacustris, characiformes)

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Leandro Lofeu
Bianca Bonini-Campos
Tiana Kohlsdorf

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1531162

1,429 views

Review

Published on 14 May 2025

Multiple developmental pathways in organisms with developmentally complex life cycles

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Giuseppe Fusco
Alessandro Minelli

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1585073

2,706 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

Identification of hub genes associated with decreased fertility in male mice of advanced paternal age

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Yang Gao
Ting Zhang
Yan Wang
Haitao Lv
Xiangming Yan
Longlong Fu
Ying Liu

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1520387

1,631 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Jan 2025

Revealing the biological features of the axolotl pancreas as a new research model

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Hui Ma
Guangcong Peng
Yan Hu
Binbin Lu
Yiying Zheng
Yingxian Wu
Weimin Feng
Yu Shi
Xiangyu Pan
Li Song

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1531903

3,522 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 09 Jan 2025

The quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis: a novel model for EcoEvoDevo, environmental research, and the applied sciences

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Andreas Wanninger
Gudrun Schwarze

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1531560

1,905 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 08 Jan 2025

Long-term dynamics of placozoan culture: emerging models for population and space biology

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Daria Y. Romanova
Alexander A. Povernov
Mikhail A. Nikitin
Simkha I. Borman
Yana A. Frank
Leonid L. Moroz

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1514553

2,802 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 20 Nov 2024

Embryonic piRNAs target horizontally transferred vertebrate transposons in assassin bugs

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Tarcísio Fontenele de Brito
Maira Arruda Cardoso
Nazerke Atinbayeva
Ingrid Alexandre de Abreu Brito
Lucas Amaro da Costa
Nicola Iovino
Attilio Pane

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1481881

2,731 views
2 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 06 Nov 2024

Evolution of g-type lysozymes in metazoa: insights into immunity and digestive adaptations

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Krishanu Mukherjee
Leonid L. Moroz

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1487920

2,490 views
4 citations

Opinion

Published on 24 Oct 2024

Functional evolution and functional biodiversity: 150 years of déjà vu or new physiology of evolution?

in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Leonid L. Moroz
Daria Y. Romanova

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1485089

1,742 views