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[Intro]
N C 
Huxley
B  Mac
Oh Carroll, Carroll
Gould, Stephen Jay yeah
D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter
BmSee one cell divide and decide on a thGousand fates
DDid you ever figure how they knoAw?  (B  Mac)
BmWe  are built of modules combined in a plGanned out way
DEach new piece must be told where to go     AOh
[Verse 1]
NBmow there's a science helping us to understGand
How our cells encode this architectural plDan
Signalling each other with genetic tooAls oh  (oh yeah)
WBmow phenotype the interface for mouse and mGan
Genotype the files and the subprogrDams
What then are the switches, circuit boards and booAt code?
[Chorus]
Evo-DBmevo
Looking at the logic in the ways that we Ggrow
Every gene directed by a signal keDy code
Proteins that can activate, enhance or veAto
Evo-DBmevo
Signals are controlled by other genes that siGgnal
Calculating in a network labyrinDthal
Where the heart and liver and the hands and feeAt go
[Post-Chorus]
SBmignal mapping tells each region what it ought to bGe yo
 With circuits so deeply built uDpon
They're older than the PaleA-o (The Paleozoic Era baby)
BmIn a crucial pathway changes tend to get torpeGdoed
Where they go calamity Dgoes
 As this cyclopic sheeAp knows
[Verse 2]
 See down they cascade like a dBmomino
Like you and I drosophila
The path that makes us Goptical
Was laid a long long time ago
Back before we blDew up the cambrian like a bomb bomb
Now my eye proteAin can make you see out of your bom bom
And Hedgehog and its rBmelatives like Indian and Sonic
Set up set up in a grGadient on segments embryonic
Split forebrains and Dasymmetric parts depend upon it
Flipping on genAetic switches and logic
[Pre-Chorus]
From devo to Bmevo; Adult and embryo
Mostly don't evGolve in the genes of the genome
Safer the mutDation aimed at regulation
Keep the building blAocks and swap their activation
From devo to Bmevo; Parts have alter egos
Homologs evGolved from repeats in the schema
Switch a couple bDases in the proper places
You'll be watching flAies grow legs out of their faces oh yeah
[Chorus]
AEvo-DBmevo
Stick around for Modern Synthesis the seGquel
Only by combining can a new theory Dgrow
Evolution and development amiAgos
Evo-DBmevo
Signals trigger patterns of complexitGy so
Switching up the switches of a signalliDng node
Gives a modular and simple way to eAvolve
[Post-Chorus]
LBmook at how our spinal segments generate a nGeat row
Built on a moleculaDr clock
One cycle, one verteAbra (One vertebra one vertebra baby)
SpBmeeding up its rate is snakes' developmental cheaGt code
That and where a lizard's feeDt grow
They turn off distal amiAnos
[Verse 3]
Evo-DBmevo
This is how we go from single cells to peoGple
Every generation and in life primeDval
Life in variations endless and beautiAful
[Outro]
From devo to Bmevo; Larva to mosquito
                                          G( )
Patterns are resolved as the signals pro  (ceed yo)
Map out a gene with a gloDw tag
                                                   A( )
Kill it with a morpholino(Short oligo morpholi  (no baby))
From devo to Bmevo; Voyage of the Beagle
                                           G( )
Body plans evolve when proteins steer the  (genome)
In this manner life's beauty Dgrows
 Aesthetica in viAvo
Evo-DBmevo

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Evo Devo

by A Capella Science

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[Intro]

N C

Huxley

B Mac

Oh Carroll, Carroll

Gould, Stephen Jay yeah

D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter

Bm G

See one cell divide and decide on a thousand fates

D A

Did you ever figure how they know? (B Mac)

Bm G

We are built of modules combined in a planned out way

D A

Each new piece must be told where to go Oh

[Verse 1]

Bm G

Now there's a science helping us to understand

How our cells encode this architectural plan

Signalling each other with genetic tools oh (oh yeah)

Bm G

Wow phenotype the interface for mouse and man

Genotype the files and the subprograms

What then are the switches, circuit boards and boot code?

[Chorus]

Evo-Devo

Looking at the logic in the ways that we grow

Every gene directed by a signal key code

Proteins that can activate, enhance or veto

Evo-Devo

Signals are controlled by other genes that signal

Calculating in a network labyrinthal

Where the heart and liver and the hands and feet go

[Post-Chorus]

Bm G

Signal mapping tells each region what it ought to be yo

With circuits so deeply built upon

They're older than the Pale-o (The Paleozoic Era baby)

Bm G

In a crucial pathway changes tend to get torpedoed

Where they go calamity goes

As this cyclopic sheep knows

[Verse 2]

See down they cascade like a domino

Like you and I drosophila

The path that makes us optical

Was laid a long long time ago

Back before we blew up the cambrian like a bomb bomb

Now my eye protein can make you see out of your bom bom

And Hedgehog and its relatives like Indian and Sonic

Set up set up in a gradient on segments embryonic

Split forebrains and asymmetric parts depend upon it

Flipping on genetic switches and logic

[Pre-Chorus]

From devo to evo; Adult and embryo

Mostly don't evolve in the genes of the genome

Safer the mutation aimed at regulation

Keep the building blocks and swap their activation

From devo to evo; Parts have alter egos

Homologs evolved from repeats in the schema

Switch a couple bases in the proper places

You'll be watching flies grow legs out of their faces oh yeah

[Chorus]

A Bm

Evo-Devo

Stick around for Modern Synthesis the sequel

Only by combining can a new theory grow

Evolution and development amigos

Evo-Devo

Signals trigger patterns of complexity so

Switching up the switches of a signalling node

Gives a modular and simple way to evolve

[Post-Chorus]

Bm G

Look at how our spinal segments generate a neat row

Built on a molecular clock

One cycle, one vertebra (One vertebra one vertebra baby)

Bm G

Speeding up its rate is snakes' developmental cheat code

That and where a lizard's feet grow

They turn off distal aminos

[Verse 3]

Evo-Devo

This is how we go from single cells to people

Every generation and in life primeval

Life in variations endless and beautiful

[Outro]

From devo to evo; Larva to mosquito

( )

Patterns are resolved as the signals pro (ceed yo)

Map out a gene with a glow tag

( )

Kill it with a morpholino(Short oligo morpholi (no baby))

From devo to evo; Voyage of the Beagle

( )

Body plans evolve when proteins steer the (genome)

In this manner life's beauty grows

Aesthetica in vivo

Evo-Devo

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