Article
Adaptive Use of Information during Growth Can Explain Long-Term Effects of Early Life Experiences.
The American naturalist - 1 May 2016
English Sinead, Fawcett Tim W, Higginson Andrew D, Trimmer Pete C, Uller Tobias
Abstract excerpt
Development is a continuous process during which individuals gain information about their environment and adjust their phenotype accordingly. In many natural systems, individuals are particularly sensitive to early life experiences, even in the absence of later constraints on plasticity. Recent models have highlighted how the adaptive use of information can explain age-dependent plasticity. These models assume...
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