Original: The traditional view is that developmental biology ( ` evo-devo ' ) played little part in the synthesis , but an account of Gavin de Beer 's work by Stephen J. Gould suggests he may be an exception .
Simplified: The traditional view is that developmental biology ( ` evo-devo ' ) played little part in the synthesis , but an account of Gavin de Beer 's work by Gould suggests he may be an exception .