Evolving Plastic Responses to External and Genetic Environments.
Trends Genet
; 33(3): 169-170, 2017 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28174018
ABSTRACT
Phenotypic plasticity can mitigate adaptive trade-offs in fluctuating environments but how plasticity arises is little known. New research documents this process in a bacterial system. We highlight remarkable parallels to the evolution of sexual dimorphism and argue that their approach can aid our understanding of adaptive conflicts between the sexes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bacteria
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Genetic Fitness
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Gene-Environment Interaction
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Cell Plasticity
Language:
En
Journal:
Trends Genet
Journal subject:
GENETICA
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article