Phenotypic flexibility and the evolution of organismal design

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 228-233

  Piersma, Theunis ^a   Drent, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 0037738457     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00036-3     Document Type: Review

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