Journal article
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy
Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam), Vol.10(5), pp.212-217
1995
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107051
PMID: 21237012
Abstract
Phenotypic plasticity is an environmentally based change in the phenotype. Understanding the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity has been hampered by dissenting opinions on the merits of different methods of description, on the underlying genetic mechanisms, and on the way that plasticity is affected by natural selection in a heterogeneous environment. During much of this debate, the authors of this article have held opposing views. Here, we attempt to lay out current issues and summarize the areas of consensus and controversy surrounding the evolution of plasticity and the reaction norm (the set of phenotypes produced by a genotype over a range of environments).
Metrics
39 Record Views
Details
- Title
- Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy
- Creators
- Sara Via - Richard Gomulkiewicz is at the Dept of Systematics and Ecology, Haworth Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USARichard Gomulkiewicz - Gerdien De Jong is at the Dept of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, The NetherlandsGerdien De Jong - Samuel Scheiner is at the Dept of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West, PO Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USASamuel M Scheiner - Carl Schlichting is at the Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut U-43, Storrs, CT 06269, USACarl D Schlichting - Peter Van Tienderen is at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, PO Box 40, Heteren, The NetherlandsPeter H Van Tienderen - Sara Via is at the Dept of Entomology and the Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Publication Details
- Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam), Vol.10(5), pp.212-217
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900546724101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article