The space of all possible forms. On the left, random peppering — vast, noisy, unnavigable. On the right, developmental rules create structure. Clusters of viable form emerge, reachable step by step.
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Different worlds, different rules. Each one changes what you find when you zoom in.
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Each developmental toolkit opens a different region of form-space. More rules doesn't mean fewer forms — it means more structure to explore.
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A population shaped by developmental rules. Hidden genetic diversity — the raw material of evolution.
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Select. Breed. Shape evolution with your choices. Each offspring is one mutation away.
The developmental recipe. Every gene shapes the embryology. Fossil genes carry silent history. Duplications open new degrees of freedom.
A population of composite organisms. Each one is built from smaller creatures cooperating as sub-units — like cells in a body.
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A creature? Or a colony wearing a body plan? The large-scale structure is one genome. But zoom in and each sub-unit is its own evolved organism.
Each sub-unit is itself an evolved creature with its own genome. Mitochondria were once free-living bacteria. Every cell in your body is a composite.
A population under selection for movement. Form follows function — streamlined, jointed, built to go.
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Morphology is only half the story. The same body can crawl, swim, or bounce — the gait genome controls how.
Two genomes working together: one for form, one for motion. The body plan genome and the gait genome evolve in tandem.