Article
Regulatory mechanisms link phenotypic plasticity to evolvability.
Scientific reports - 18 Apr 2016
van Gestel Jordi, Weissing Franz J
Abstract excerpt
Organisms have a remarkable capacity to respond to environmental change. They can either respond directly, by means of phenotypic plasticity, or they can slowly adapt through evolution. Yet, how phenotypic plasticity links to evolutionary adaptability is largely unknown. Current studies of plasticity tend to adopt a phenomenological reaction norm (RN) approach, which neglects the mechanisms underlying plasticity....
Topics
- Bacteria
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Genetic Variation
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype