Assertion: developmental biology | /r/CapableOf | throw light
Facets:
value: on the kinds of variation
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Developmental biology throws light on the kinds of variation that are likely to be available for selection, posing the question of how far the results of evolution can be understood in terms of the options that were available (“developmental constraints”) rather than the natural selection of those options (Maynard Smith, Burian et al. 1985).