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Increased socially mediated plasticity in gene expression accompanies rapid adaptive evolution.
Ecology letters - 1 Apr 2018
Pascoal Sonia, Liu Xuan, Fang Yongxiang, Paterson Steve, Ritchie Michael G, Rockliffe Nichola, Zuk Marlene, Bailey Nathan W
Abstract excerpt
Recent theory predicts that increased phenotypic plasticity can facilitate adaptation as traits respond to selection. When genetic adaptation alters the social environment, socially mediated plasticity could cause co-evolutionary feedback dynamics that increase adaptive potential. We tested this by asking whether neural gene expression in a recently arisen, adaptive morph of the field cricket Teleogryllus...
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