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Development and selective grain make plasticity 'take the lead' in adaptive evolution.

BMC ecology and evolution - 20 Nov 2021

Brun-Usan Miguel, Rago Alfredo, Thies Christoph, Uller Tobias, Watson Richard A

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BACKGROUND: Biological evolution exhibits an extraordinary capability to adapt organisms to their environments. The explanation for this often takes for granted that random genetic variation produces at least some beneficial phenotypic variation in which natural selection can act. Such genetic evolvability could itself be a product of evolution, but it is widely acknowledged that the immediate selective gains of...

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PMID: 34800979
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01936-0
PMCID: PMC8605539

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