Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubris )

Background One goal of evolutionary developmental biology is to understand the role of development in the origin of phenotypic novelty and convergent evolution. Geckos are an ideal system to study this topic, as they are species‐rich and exhibit a suite of diverse morphologies—many of which have independently evolved multiple times within geckos. Results We characterized and discretized the embryonic development of Lepidodactylus lugubris —an...