Article
The role of phenotypic plasticity in driving genetic evolution.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jul 2003
Price Trevor D, Qvarnström Anna, Irwin Darren E
Abstract excerpt
Models of population divergence and speciation are often based on the assumption that differences between populations are due to genetic factors, and that phenotypic change is due to natural selection. It is equally plausible that some of the differences among populations are due to phenotypic plasticity. We use the metaphor of the adaptive landscape to review the role of phenotypic plasticity in driving genetic...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Birds
- Evolution, Molecular
- Feeding Behavior
- Genetics, Population
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation