Phenotypic plasticity refers to some of the changes in an organism's behavior, morphology and physiology in response to a unique environment. Fundamental...
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Scathophaga stercoraria (section Phenotypic plasticity)
and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity in Body Size". In Douglas W. Whitman; T. N. Ananthakrishnan (eds.). Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects. doi:10...
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Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an individual organism to alter its behavior, morphology and physiology in response to changes in environmental...
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Agalychnis callidryas (section Phenotypic plasticity)
and allow the frog to escape. Along with its visual appearance, phenotypic plasticity in hatching is another interesting feature of A. callidryas. If...
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Bicyclus anynana (section Phenotypic plasticity)
depending on the season, making it a valuable tool in studying phenotypic plasticity. Wet seasons produce butterflies with large eyespots, while dry...
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concept of phenotypic plasticity defines the degree to which an organism's phenotype is determined by its genotype. A high level of plasticity means that...
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lasting changes may form. Developmental plasticity may also be used in place of the term phenotypic plasticity when an organism in an embryonic or larval...
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Nemoria arizonaria (section Phenotypic plasticity)
around 7.5 million years old. Nemoria is most commonly known for the phenotypic plasticity of its larvae stages in many species. There are now 15 recognized...
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response to its history Metaplasticity, the plasticity of synapses Phenotypic plasticity, in biology, describes the ability of an organism to change its...
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Whitman, D. W., and A. A. Agrawal. "What is phenotypic plasticity and why is it important?" Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences...
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Plasticity-driven adaptation acts on evolution in three ways by phenotypic accommodation, genetic accommodation, and genetic assimilation. Phenotypic...
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Life history theory (section Phenotypic plasticity)
favoured because waiting to breed would not have fitness benefits. Phenotypic plasticity focuses on the concept that the same genotype can produce different...
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quick as 8 days after hatching. S. multiplicata tadpoles exhibit phenotypic plasticity. In most cases the tadpoles will have an omnivore diet, feeding...
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and streams, and to understand the roles of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in shaping their behavior. The researchers conducted a behavioral...
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Mary Jane West-Eberhard (section Phenotypic plasticity)
American theoretical biologist noted for arguing that phenotypic and developmental plasticity played a key role in shaping animal evolution and speciation...
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degree to which organisms are able to acclimate is dictated by their phenotypic plasticity or the ability of an organism to change certain traits. Recent research...
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Maternal effect (section Phenotypic plasticity)
that increase their fitness. Further, it introduces the concept of phenotypic plasticity, an important evolutionary concept. It has been proposed that maternal...
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Invasion genetics (section Phenotypic plasticity)
colonization success, the relative importance of genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in adaptation to new environments, and the effect of population...
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Clusters in this depiction may represent local fitness peaks. Phenotypic plasticity landscapes depart from the other landscapes in that they do not...
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sometimes conflated with, a different evolutionary theory also based on phenotypic plasticity, C. H. Waddington's genetic assimilation. The Baldwin effect includes...
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the environment Acclimatization Atlas of Our Changing Environment Phenotypic plasticity Socioeconomics Johnson, D.L.; Ambrose, S.H.; Bassett, T.J.; Bowen...
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legs. The telson is flanked by a pair of long, thin caudal rami. Phenotypic plasticity within taxa makes species-level identification difficult, and is...
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complexes. The understanding of species boundaries has been hindered by phenotypic plasticity, hybridization, intercontinental introductions, and poor taxonomic...
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with large prey animals. Young populations have larger heads by phenotypic plasticity, whereas large heads have become genetically assimilated in older...
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State switching (section Inheritance of adaptive learning or phenotypic plasticity: Can information transfer be reversed (from phenotype to genotype)?)
different phenotypes. Thus, the ability to switch states/phenotypes (phenotypic plasticity) is a key feature of development and normal function of cells within...
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Reaction norm (redirect from Phenotypic range)
Differential susceptibility Genetic determinism Nature versus nurture Phenotypic plasticity Lewontin R, Rose S, Kamin LJ (1984). Not in Our Genes: Biology,...
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Consequently, it can boost the ability to better understand/model the phenotypic plasticity of the main agronomic traits under diverse growing conditions. The...
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scavenge on Pleistocene megafauna. Such an adaptation is an example of phenotypic plasticity. It was once distributed across the northern Holarctic. Phylogenetic...
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Temporal plasticity, also known as fine-grained environmental adaptation, is a type of phenotypic plasticity that involves the phenotypic change of organisms...
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Leonard, J. L. (22 August 2013). "Williams' Paradox and the Role of Phenotypic Plasticity in Sexual Systems". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53 (4):...
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