In mammals, we propose that precocious commitment of cells to the germ line by Blimping facilitated evolution of the embryological innovations that are found in mice and other rodents, which led to enhanced speciation and the accelerated embryogenesis that is characteristic of mice.
These included canalization, genetic assimilation and accommodation, gene environment interactions, epigenetic modification of DNA, gene duplication and genome evolution, serial homology, modularity, facilitated evolution, and the evolution of multicellularity.
Computer simulations also demonstrated that this tends to generate smoother oscillatory dynamics than equivalent offspring numbers: it increases the probability of matching by facilitating rapid evolution of the parasite (data not shown).
Beyond facilitating the evolution of the long neck, the hypothesized bird-like respiratory apparatus offers additional advantages, emerging as the second key evolutionary innovation.
The in situ error-prone mutagenic PPCP can be coupled to a screening or selection procedure, facilitating directed evolution of the target gene or protein.
Such changes in molecular function and the regulatory machinery in these tissues are likely to generate substantial phenotypic plasticity from the same genome, facilitating the evolution of the anadromous life history in certain salmonid groups.
The gait of the epaulette shark is convergently similar to those of tetrapods such as salamanders, suggesting that the movements needed for walking on land may predate, and facilitated the evolution of, the first terrestrial vertebrates.
The result is that the rate of environmental change interacts with the species' genetic architecture for the limiting trait to constrain or facilitate the evolution of the trait's heritability.
Functional redundancy of AVR genes within the genome may facilitate rapid evolution of the parasite to overcome host resistance by allowing elicitor genes to become inactivated without compromising parasite fitness [5], [37], [38].
A recent study demonstrated that operons were often acquired with their regulators to facilitate the evolution of the transferred genes [ 55].
