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Genetic assimilation and accommodation: Models and mechanisms.

Current topics in developmental biology - 1 Jan 2021

Nijhout H Frederik, Kudla Anna M, Hazelwood Caleb C

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Genetic assimilation and genetic accommodation are mechanisms by which novel phenotypes are produced and become established in a population. Novel characters may be fixed and canalized so they are insensitive to environmental variation, or can be plastic and adaptively responsive to environmental variation. In this review we explore the various theories that have been proposed to explain the developmental origin...

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PMID: 33602492
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2020.11.006

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