Reuter, M;
Camus, MF;
Hill, MS;
Ruzicka, F;
Fowler, K;
(2017)
Evolving Plastic Responses to External and Genetic Environments.
Trends in Genetics
, 33
(3)
pp. 169-170.
10.1016/j.tig.2017.01.004.
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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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