Associations Between Developmental Stability, Canalization, and Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Heterogeneous Experience.

ABSTRACT: The processes of developmental stability, canalization, and phenotypic plasticity have ecological and evolutionary significance, and been studied extensively, but mostly separately and thus the relationships between them are not straightforward. Our objective was to better integrate these processes in the context of temporally heterogeneous environments. We did this by investigating the effects of early experience with temporal heterogeneity in water availability on associations between developmental stability, canalization, and phenotypic plasticity. We subjected eight plant species to a first round of alternating inundation and drought vs. constantly moderate water treatments (heterogeneous experience) and a second round of water conditions (to test plasticity). We measured fluctuating a

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494154 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature