Rethinking phenotypic plasticity and its consequences for individuals, populations and species

A Forsman - Heredity, 2015 - nature.com
Much research has been devoted to identify the conditions under which selection favours
flexible individuals or genotypes that are able to modify their growth, development and …

The impact of beneficial plant-associated microbes on plant phenotypic plasticity

CH Goh, DF Veliz Vallejos, AB Nicotra… - Journal of chemical …, 2013 - Springer
Plants show phenotypic plasticity in response to changing or extreme abiotic environments;
but over millions of years they also have co-evolved to respond to the presence of soil …

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and plant water use

AB Nicotra, A Davidson - Functional Plant Biology, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
The emergence of new techniques in plant science, including molecular and phenomic
tools, presents a novel opportunity to re-evaluate the way we examine the phenotype. Our …

Plasticity in fluctuating hydrodynamic conditions: tube foot regeneration in sea urchins

CA Narvaez, AJ Moura, DF Scutella… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Regenerating structures critical for survival provide excellent model systems for the study of
phenotypic plasticity. These body components must regenerate their morphology and …

How meristem plasticity in response to soil nutrients and light affects plant growth in four Festuca grass species

S Sugiyama, M Gotoh - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Investigation of responses of meristems to environmental conditions is important for
understanding the mechanisms and consequences of plant phenotypic plasticity. Here, we …

Scaling up phenotypic plasticity with hierarchical population models

E Jongejans, H Huber, H de Kroon - Evolutionary Ecology, 2010 - Springer
Individuals respond to different environments by developing different phenotypes, which is
generally seen as a mechanism through which individuals can buffer adverse environmental …

Transgressivity in key functional traits rather than phenotypic plasticity promotes stress tolerance in a hybrid cordgrass

B Gallego-Tévar, BJ Grewell, RE Drenovsky… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hybridization might promote offspring fitness via a greater tolerance to environmental
stressors due to heterosis and higher levels of phenotypic plasticity. Thus, analyzing the …

Phenotypic plasticity despite source–sink population dynamics in a long‐lived perennial plant

JT Anderson, JP Sparks, MA Geber - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Species that exhibit adaptive plasticity alter their phenotypes in response to environmental
conditions, thereby maximizing fitness in heterogeneous landscapes. However, under …

Differential patterns of plasticity to water availability along native and naturalized latitudinal gradients

TD Baird, CA Henson, NM Daily… - Evolutionary …, 2011 - evolutionary-ecology.com
Questions: Does plasticity to water availability differ between native and naturalized and
laboratory plant accessions? Is there a relationship between morphological plasticity and a …

[PDF][PDF] Le sapin pectiné (Abies alba Mill., Pinaceae) en contexte méditerranéen: développement architectural et plasticité phénotypique

O Taugourdeau - 2011 - agritrop.cirad.fr
L'objectif de cette thèse est l'étude de la plasticité phénotypique du sapin pectine à l'aide de
l'approche architecturale. Ces travaux se placent dans le contexte plus large de …