Article
Selection on heritable phenotypic plasticity in a wild bird population.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 14 Oct 2005
Nussey Daniel H, Postma Erik, Gienapp Phillip, Visser Marcel E
Abstract excerpt
Theoretical and laboratory research suggests that phenotypic plasticity can evolve under selection. However, evidence for its evolutionary potential from the wild is lacking. We present evidence from a Dutch population of great tits (Parus major) for variation in individual plasticity in the timing of reproduction, and we show that this variation is heritable. Selection favoring highly plastic individuals has...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Biological Evolution
- Climate
- Ecosystem
- Female
- Food
- Inheritance Patterns
- Passeriformes
- Phenotype
- Reproduction