Phenotypic plasticity in development and evolution: Facts and concepts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1540, 2010, Pages 547-556

  Fusco, Giuseppe ^a   Minelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic accommodation; Life cycle; Metazoans; Polyphenism; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; REACTION NORM;

METAZOA;

EID: 76749128458     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0267     Document Type: Review

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