Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species

Heredity

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 276-284

  Forsman, A ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84942192564     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.92     Document Type: Review

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