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S C Farina¹, E A Kane², L P Hernandez³

¹Department of Biology, Howard University, 415 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.

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Biomechanical systems exhibit integration, influencing morphological evolution across diverse scales. This symposium explores how multifunctionality and integration shape evolutionary patterns in complex biological structures.

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Area of Science:

Evolutionary biology
Biomechanics
Developmental biology

Background:

Integration, the coordination of system components, is crucial in complex biomechanical systems.
It operates across various time scales, from microseconds to evolutionary epochs.
Integration's role in promoting or constraining morphological evolution is debated and system-dependent.

Discussion:

This introduction synthesizes the 2019 symposium on Multifunctional Structures and Multistructural Functions.
It examines integration's role in functional integration and multifunctionality.
Articles explore integration across kinematics, sensory-motor systems, physiology, development, and morphometrics.

Key Insights:

Integration occurs at multiple organizational levels, influencing structural and functional phenotypes.
Multifunctionality and integration are key concepts in understanding evolutionary patterns.
Interactions between levels of organization create complex phenotypic outcomes.

Outlook:

Future research should focus on the evolutionary implications of multifunctionality.
Investigating interactions between different levels of biological organization is crucial.
Understanding integration's role across diverse biological systems offers new evolutionary insights.