The alignment between phenotypic plasticity, the major axis of genetic variation and the response to selection.

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Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to produce more than one phenotype in order to match the environment. Recent theory proposes that the major axis of genetic variation in a phenotypically plastic population can align with the direction of selection. Therefore, theory predicts that plasticity directly aids adaptation by increasing genetic variation in the direction favoured by selection and...

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• Adaptation, Biological
• Daphnia
• Food Chain
• Genetic Variation
• Phenotype