Developmental stressors are increasingly recognised for their pervasive influence on the
ecology and evolution of animals. In particular, many studies have focused on how …

Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to change their phenotype in response to shifts in the
environment. While a central topic in current discussions of evolutionary potential, a …

Genotype-by-environment interactions (GxE) indicate that variation in organismal traits
cannot be explained by fixed effects of genetics or site-specific plastic responses alone. For …

Predicting phenotype from genotype is greatly complicated by the polygenic nature of most
traits and by the complex interactions between phenotype and the environment. Here, we …

Biological organisms exhibit diverse strategies for adapting to varying environments. For
example, a population of organisms may express the same phenotype in all environments …

We examine the interaction between phenotypic plasticity and evolutionary adaptation using
muscle gene expression levels among populations of the fish Fundulus heteroclitus …

ABSTRACT A major goal of evolutionary science is to understand how biological diversity is
generated and altered. Despite considerable advances, we still have limited insight into how …

Some populations will cope with human-induced environmental change, and others will
undergo extirpation; understanding the mechanisms that underlie these responses is key to …

Environmental shifts and life‐history changes may result in formerly adaptive traits becoming
non‐functional or maladaptive. In the absence of pleiotropy and other constraints, such traits …

Environment shapes development through a phenomenon called developmental plasticity.
Deciphering its genetic basis has potential to shed light on the origin of novel traits and …