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Heterokairy: a significant form of developmental plasticity?

Biology letters - 1 Sept 2016

Rundle S D, Spicer J I

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There is a current surge of research interest in the potential role of developmental plasticity in adaptation and evolution. Here we make a case that some of this research effort should explore the adaptive significance of heterokairy, a specific type of plasticity that describes environmentally driven, altered timing of development within a species. This emphasis seems warranted given the pervasive occurrence of...

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PMID: 27624796
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0509
PMCID: PMC5046929

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