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Rapid evolution of phenotypic plasticity in patchy habitats.
Scientific reports - 6 Nov 2023
Promy Nawsheen T, Newberry Mitchell, Gulisija Davorka
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic plasticity may evolve rapidly, enabling a population's persistence in the face of sudden environmental change. Rapid evolution can occur when there is considerable genetic polymorphism at selected loci. We propose that balancing selection could be one of the mechanisms that sustain such polymorphism for plasticity. We use stochastic Monte Carlo simulations and deterministic analysis to investigate the...
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