Mosaic physiology from developmental noise: Within-organism physiological diversity as an alternative to phenotypic plasticity and phenotypic flexibility

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Arthur Woods, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Cell size; Costs; Development; Ergodic principle; Evolution; Functional diversity; Homeostasis; Multicellularity; Noise; Physiological systems; Sampling error; Stochasticity; Stress; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CANALIZATION; CELL SIZE; COSTS; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ERGODIC PRINCIPLE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MULTICELLULARITY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICS; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS; TRADEOFF;

CANALIZATION; CELL SIZE; COSTS; DEVELOPMENT; ERGODIC PRINCIPLE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MULTICELLULARITY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SAMPLING ERROR; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS; TRADEOFF;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896540605     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.089698     Document Type: Review

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