Many biologists are asking whether environmentally initiated phenotypic change
(ie,'phenotypic plasticity') precedes, and even facilitates, evolutionary adaptation. However …

The integration of research from developmental biology and ecology into evolutionary theory
has given rise to a relatively new field, ecological evolutionary developmental biology (Eco …

A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

Cryptic genetic variation (CGV) is invisible under normal conditions, but it can fuel evolution
when circumstances change. In theory, CGV can represent a massive cache of adaptive …

Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity provides a mechanism of developmental rescue in novel and
rapidly changing environments. Understanding the underlying mechanism of plasticity is …

The relationship between genotype (which is inherited) and phenotype (the target of
selection) is mediated by environmental inputs on gene expression, trait development, and …

Evolutionary theory has been extended almost continually since the evolutionary synthesis
(ES), but except for the much greater importance afforded genetic drift, the principal tenets of …

Background Most, if not all, organisms possess the ability to alter their phenotype in direct
response to changes in their environment, a phenomenon known as phenotypic plasticity …

Plasticity-first evolution (PFE) posits that novel features arise when selection refines pre-
existing phenotypic plasticity into an adaptive phenotype. However, PFE is controversial …