Genetic assimilation and accommodation shape adaptation to heat stress in a splash pool copepod.

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Understanding organismal responses to dynamic environments is becoming increasingly important in our rapidly changing world. Beyond genetic adaptation, plastic responses to the environment can alter phenotypes and fitness, ultimately driving evolution. However, the interaction between plasticity and adaptation during environmental change is complex and hard to measure in natural systems. Here, we used two...

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