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Plasticity and superplasticity in the acclimation potential of the Antarctic mite Halozetes belgicae (Michael).
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Feb 2007
Hawes T C, Bale J S, Worland M R, Convey P
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The plasticity of an organism's phenotype may vary spatially and temporally, and across levels of physiological organisation. Given the adaptive value of plasticity in heterogeneous environments, it might be expected that it will be expressed most in a phenotype's most significant adaptive suites; at high latitudes, one of these is low temperature adaptation. This study examines the phenotypic plasticity of cold...
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