… -plant variation in biotic and abiotic conditions. We argue that the phenotypic plasticity of plants
is … -scale variation and primarily expressed at the organizational level of modules. Whole-…

… Plants and other organisms with indeterminate or modular growth (148), represent a marked
contrast to animals in terms of the extent of the flexibility of the morphogenetic system. In fact…

… 2004 年 的 78 篇关于植物表型可塑性研究的重要成果进行 分析总结后,提出了植物表型可塑性
的构件概念(A modular concept of phenotypic plasticity),明确指出在 植物体中构件具有最大的表…

… Sessile modular organisms, such as plants, which cannot … in phenotypic plasticity in plants
indicate at least broad-sense genetic variation. Moreover, there is evidence that plasticity can …

… comparisons of phenotypic plasticity between plants and animals … Also, since individual plant
modules may be subject to … possibility of variable responses by individual modules (eg, sun-…

… widely demonstrated in plants [8]. In addition, developmental controls of colony form in …
modular concept of phenotypic plasticity explain the morphological integration of modularity …

… phenotypic plasticity of individuals and the unpredictable temporal and spatial heterogeneity
of the plant … This is not to say that natural selection does not operate on plant populations, …

… While the type, duration and degree of plastic responses are a property of genotypes, in
most plants, plasticity is expressed at the level of modular subunits (ie semi-autonomous …

… Phenotypic plasticity is often dramatic in plants, presumably because modular architecture
and indeterminate growth -together with a sessile habit - favor flexibility over a more rigid …

… phenotypic evolution through a quite diverse sample of case studies. This introductory article
reviews fundamental facts and concepts about phenotypic plasticity… of phenotypic variation, …