Developmental phenotypic plasticity: where internal programming meets the external environment.

Abstract excerpt

Developmental plasticity has long been the focus of research in both evolutionary ecology and molecular genetics. Recently, the concept of ontogenetic contingency has been proposed to indicate the dependence of plastic responses on the timing and sequence of developmental events. Also, the idea of the developmental reaction norm has been put forward to indicate the complex interactions among development,...

Topics

• Biological Evolution
• Phenotype
• Plants