Beyond buying time: the role of plasticity in phenotypic adaptation to rapid environmental change

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 374; no. 1768; p. 20180174
• Main Authors: Fox, Rebecca J., Donelson, Jennifer M., Schunter, Celia, Ravasi, Timothy, Gaitán-Espitia, Juan D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 18.03.2019
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Biological Evolution; Climate Change; Environment; Genotype; Selection, Genetic; genotype×environment (GxE); selection; ecological and evolutionary dynamics; genetic assimilation; acclimation; climate change

How populations and species respond to modified environmental conditions is critical to their persistence both now and into the future, particularly given the increasing pace of environmental change. The process of adaptation to novel environmental conditions can occur via two mechanisms: (1) the ex...