The adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity in two ecotypes of a marine gastropod

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Few surveys have concentrated on studying the adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity within genetically-distinct conspecific ecotypes. Here, we conduct a test to assess the adaptive value that partial phenotypic plasticity may have...

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Main Authors: Butlin Roger K, Hollander Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/333