The fitness costs of developmental canalization and plasticity

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 852-860

  Van Buskirk, J ^a,b   Steiner, U K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of canalization; Cost of plasticity; Environmental canalization; Meta analysis; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm evolution

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REACTION NORM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 62449153445     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01685.x     Document Type: Article

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