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Spread of phenotypic plasticity or genetic assimilation: the possible role of genetic constraints.

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Oct 1993

Gerard J F, Vancassel M, Laffort B

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This paper considers possible outcomes of evolution in sexual diploid populations subjected to frequency-independent selection in favour of a phenotype which has appeared as a consequence of a change in environmental conditions. Depending on the details of genetic determination for the different development strategies ("plastic" or "canalized"), this situation results at least in either (i) the invasion of the...

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PMID: 8246523
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1993.1158

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