The resynthesis of evolutionary and developmental biology is a complex project; links
between the two fields are being forged at multiple levels, including macroevolution …

Publisher Summary Environmentally influenced variation in phenotypic expression or
phenotypic plasticity is a fundamental property of organisms with consequences for …

In a persuasive essay on the promise of developmental evolution, Wagner (2000) argued
that this synthetic discipline can make a unique explanatory contribution to evolutionary …

Understanding how the environment impacts development is of central interest in
developmental and evolutionary biology. On the one hand, we would like to understand how …

The plastic response of phenotypic traits to environmental change is a common research
focus in several disciplines‐from ecology and evolutionary biology to physiology and …

There are increasing calls to incorporate developmental plasticity into the framework of eco-
evolutionary dynamics. The current way is via genotype-specified reaction norms in which …

The environment plays a crucial role in the developing organism, first in defining the
developmental trajectory from genotype to phenotype, then by modifying that trajectory by …

Recent advances in molecular genetics and epigenetics are reviewed that have major
implications for the bio-behavioral sciences and for understanding how organisms adapt to …

Phenotypic polymorphism is a consequence of developmental plasticity, in which the
trajectories of developing organisms diverge under the influence of cues. Environmental and …

Phenotypic plasticity of organisms in response to environmental variability is a
welldeveloped concept in ecology and evolutionary biology. It is currently seen as one of the …