Background Plastic responses of plants to the environment are ubiquitous. Phenotypic
plasticity occurs in many forms and at many biological scales, and its adaptive value …

Explaining the origins of novel traits is central to evolutionary biology. Longstanding theory
suggests that developmental plasticity, the ability of an individual to modify its development …

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

Phenotypic plasticity is widespread in nature, and often involves ecologically relevant
behavioral, physiological, morphological and life-historical traits. As a result, plasticity alters …

Better understanding of the mechanistic basis of plant plasticity will enhance efforts to breed
crops resilient to predicted climate change. However, complexity in plasticity's …

Although there is keen interest in the potential adaptive value of epigenetic variation, it is
unclear what conditions favor the stability of these variants either within or across …

Plants are limited in their ability to choose their neighbours, but they are able to orchestrate
a wide spectrum of rational competitive behaviours that increase their prospects to prevail …

Humans have a penchant for unintentionally selecting against that which they desire most.
In fishes, unprecedented reductions in abundance have been associated with …

In the past decade, there has been a resurgent interest in whether and how phenotypic
plasticity might impact evolutionary processes. Of fundamental importance is how the …

Genetic variability in reaction norms reflects differences in the ability of individuals,
populations and ultimately species to respond to environmental change. By increasing our …