Article
Constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity: limits and costs of phenotype and plasticity.
Heredity - 1 Oct 2015
Murren C J, Auld J R, Callahan H, Ghalambor C K, Handelsman C A, Heskel M A, Kingsolver J G, Maclean H J, Masel J, Maughan H, Pfennig D W, Relyea R A, Seiter S, Snell-Rood E, Steiner U K, Schlichting C D
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity is ubiquitous and generally regarded as a key mechanism for enabling organisms to survive in the face of environmental change. Because no organism is infinitely or ideally plastic, theory suggests that there must be limits (for example, the lack of ability to produce an optimal trait) to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity, or that plasticity may have inherent significant costs. Yet...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Biological Evolution
- Environment
- Genetic Fitness
- Genetic Variation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic