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Phenotypic accommodation: adaptive innovation due to developmental plasticity.

Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 15 Nov 2005

West-Eberhard Mary Jane

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Phenotypic accommodation is adaptive adjustment, without genetic change, of variable aspects of the phenotype following a novel input during development. Phenotypic accommodation can facilitate the evolution of novel morphology by alleviating the negative effects of change, and by giving a head start to adaptive evolution in a new direction. Whether induced by a mutation or a novel environmental factor,...

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Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Biological Evolution
Female
Male
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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PMID: 16161068
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21071

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