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Testing the role of phenotypic plasticity for local adaptation: growth and development in time-constrained Rana temporaria populations.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Dec 2011
Lind M I, Johansson F
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity can be important for local adaptation, because it enables individuals to survive in a novel environment until genetic changes have been accumulated by genetic accommodation. By analysing the relationship between development rate and growth rate, it can be determined whether plasticity in life-history traits is caused by changed physiology or behaviour. We extended this to examine whether...
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