On the Reciprocally Causal and Constructive Nature of Developmental Plasticity and Robustness

Exposure to environmental variation is a characteristic feature of normal development, one that organisms can respond to during their lifetimes by actively adjusting or maintaining their phenotype in order to maximize fitness. Plasticity and robustness have historically been studied by evolutionary...

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Main Authors: Daniel B. Schwab, Sofia Casasa, Armin P. Moczek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00735/full