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Pleiotropy and the evolutionary stability of plastic phenotypes: a geometric framework.

G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Jan 2026

Wang Charles Qiujie, DuBose James G

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Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to express different traits in response to different environmental or genetic conditions. Understanding the evolution of conditional phenotypes is challenging because they are not expressed by all members of a population, which allows for the accumulation of deleterious variation due to a reduced efficacy of purifying selection. Theory suggests pleiotropic effects help...

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PMID: 41219154
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf262
PMCID: PMC12774609

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