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The evolution of age-dependent plasticity.

The American naturalist - 1 Jan 2014

Fischer Barbara, van Doorn G Sander, Dieckmann Ulf, Taborsky Barbara

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When organisms encounter environments that are heterogeneous in time, phenotypic plasticity is often favored by selection. The degree of such plasticity can vary during an organism's lifetime, but the factors promoting differential plastic responses at different ages or life stages remain poorly understood. Here we develop and analyze an evolutionary model to investigate how environmental information is optimally...

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PMID: 24334740
DOI: 10.1086/674008

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