Evolutionary Developmental biology ("Evo-Devo") can be a hard thing to wrap your brain around. I've read two - count 'em - two whole books by Sean B. Carroll about this subject and I still sometimes find it difficult to explain.
Well, here's a great video from 60 second science that covers the basics in just two minutes. (That's a double lesson, for us math-challenged Biology teachers.)













posted by Jeremy Mohn