Evolution and maintenance of the environmental component of the phenotypic variance: Benefit of plastic traits under changing environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-580

  Zhang, Xu Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maintenance of environmental variance; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative traits; Reaction norm; Stabilizing selection; Varying environment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID VIGOR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27744447146     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491800     Document Type: Article

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