On the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in a spatially heterogeneous environment

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 547-558

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a,b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c   Bergman, Aviv ^b  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Interval Research Corporation   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary dynamics; Heterogeneous environments; Multiple loci; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 0029752281     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03867.x     Document Type: Article

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