The role of developmental plasticity in evolutionary innovation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1719, 2011, Pages 2705-2713

  Moczek, Armin P ^a   Sultan, Sonia ^b   Foster, Susan ^c   Ledón Rettig, Cris ^d   Dworkin, Ian ^e   Nijhout, H Fred ^f   Abouheif, Ehab ^g   Pfennig, David W ^h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Genetic accommodation; Genetic assimilation; Novelty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80051502638     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0971     Document Type: Review

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