The effect of phenotypic plasticity on evolution in multipeaked fitness landscapes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1555-1570

  Borenstein, E ^a   Meilijson, I ^a   Ruppin, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Evolution; Evolutionary convergence rate; Multipeaked fitness landscape; Phenotypic plasticity; Random walk; Ruggedness

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33747235337     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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