The loss of adaptive plasticity during long periods of environmental stasis

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Masel, Joanna ^a   King, Oliver D ^b   Maughan, Heather ^a,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluctuating environment; Moran model; Phenotypic plasticity; Population genetics; Regressive evolution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; METAPOPULATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33846215623     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510212     Document Type: Article

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