The other side of phenotypic plasticity: A developmental system that generates an invariant phenotype despite environmental variation

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-551

  Braendle, Christian ^a,b   Félix, Marie Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental plasticity; Environment; Robustness; Vulval cell fate patterning

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; RAS PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REVIEW; VULVA; VULVA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70849117147     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0073-8     Document Type: Review

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