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Plastic and heritable components of phenotypic variation in Nucella lapillus: an assessment using reciprocal transplant and common garden experiments.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pascoal Sonia, Carvalho Gary, Creer Simon, Rock Jenny, Kawaii Kei, Mendo Sonia, Hughes Roger
Abstract excerpt
Assessment of plastic and heritable components of phenotypic variation is crucial for understanding the evolution of adaptive character traits in heterogeneous environments. We assessed the above in relation to adaptive shell morphology of the rocky intertidal snail Nucella lapillus by reciprocal...
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