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Canalisation in the wild: effects of developmental conditions on physiological traits are inversely linked to their association with fitness.
Ecology letters - 1 Jun 2018
Boonekamp Jelle J, Mulder Ellis, Verhulst Simon
Abstract excerpt
Ecological conditions affect fitness, but mechanisms causing such effects are not well known, while evolved responses to environmental variation may depend on the underlying mechanisms. Consequences of environmental conditions vary strongly between traits, but a framework to interpret such variation is lacking. We propose that variation in trait response may be explained by differential canalisation, with traits...
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