Evaluating 'Plasticity-First' Evolution in Nature: Key Criteria and Empirical Approaches

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 563-574

  Levis, Nicholas A ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANCESTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84962716084     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.03.012     Document Type: Review

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