Reproductive flexibility: genetic variation, genetic costs and long-term evolution in a collembola.
In a variable yet predictable world, organisms may use environmental cues to make adaptive adjustments to their phenotype. Such phenotypic flexibility is expected commonly to evolve in life history traits, which are closely tied to Darwinian fitness. Yet adaptive life history flexibility remains poo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2527682?pdf=render |