Article
Evolutionary and Plastic Phenotypic Change Can Be Just as Fast as Changes in Population Densities.
The American naturalist - 1 Jan 2021
Grosklos Guenchik, Cortez Michael H
Abstract excerpt
AbstractEvolution and plasticity can drive population-level phenotypic change (e.g., changes in the mean phenotype) on timescales comparable to changes in population densities. However, it is unclear whether phenotypic change has the potential to be just as fast as changes in densities or whether comparable rates of change occur only when densities are changing slow enough for phenotypes to keep pace. Moreover,...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Phenotype
- Population Density