A history of phenotypic plasticity accelerates adaptation to a new environment

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1992-2001

  Fierst, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Evolvability; Fluctuating selection; Genetic regulatory network; Invasive species; Mutational robustness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTIC;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80051669282     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02333.x     Document Type: Article

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