Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in extreme environments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1723, 2017, Pages

  Chevin, Luis Miguel ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Environmental stress; Environmental tolerance; Extreme environments; Genetic constraints; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS; GENETIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATES; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 85019096240     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0138     Document Type: Review

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