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Phenotypic plasticity : functional and conceptual approaches / edited by Thomas J. DeWitt, Samuel M. Scheiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genotype-environment interaction.
- Phenotype.
- Adaptation, Biological.
- Biological Evolution.
- Genotype.
- Medical Subjects:
- Phenotype.
- Adaptation, Biological.
- Biological Evolution.
- Genotype.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book pulls together the recent theoretical advances in phenotypic plasticity, the range and process of variation in body plan and physiology, as influenced by evolution and development.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; 1 Phenotypic Variation from Single Genotypes: A Primer; 2 From the Reaktionsnorm to the Evolution of Adaptive Plasticity: A Historical Sketch, 1909-1999; 3 Genetics and Mechanics of Plasticity; 4 Evolution of Reaction Norms; 5 Evolutionary Importance and Pattern of Phenotypic Plasticity: Insights Gained from Development; 6 Modeling the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity; 7 Integrated Solutions to Environmental Heterogeneity: Theory of Multimoment Reaction Norms; 8 A Behavioral Ecological View of Phenotypic Plasticity
- 9 Patterns and Analysis of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Animals10 The Functional Ecology of Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants; 11 The Genotype-Environment Interaction and Evolution When the Environment Contains Genes; 12 The Role of Phenotypic Plasticity in Diversification; 13 Future Research Directions; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-244) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770181-7
- 1-280-48110-2
- 0-19-803180-7
- 1-4337-0084-0
- OCLC:
- 173845354
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