Article
Phenotypic plasticity changes correlations of traits following experimental introductions of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Nov 2014
Handelsman Corey A, Ruell Emily W, Torres-Dowdall Julián, Ghalambor Cameron K
Abstract excerpt
Colonization of novel environments can alter selective pressures and act as a catalyst for rapid evolution in nature. Theory and empirical studies suggest that the ability of a population to exhibit an adaptive evolutionary response to novel selection pressures should reflect the presence of sufficient additive genetic variance and covariance for individual and correlated traits. As correlated traits should not...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Environment
- Female
- Food Chain
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Phenotype
- Poecilia
- Trinidad and Tobago