Predictability rather than amplitude of temperature fluctuations determines stress resistance in a natural population of Drosophila simulans.

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The adaptability of organisms to novel environmental conditions depends on the amount of genetic variance present in the population as well as on the ability of individuals to adjust their phenotype through phenotypic plasticity. Here, we investigated the phenotypic plasticity induced by a single generation's exposure to three different temperature regimes with respect to several life-history and...

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