Associations between leaf developmental stability, variability, canalization, and phenotypic plasticity in Abutilon theophrasti.

ABSTRACT: Developmental stability, canalization, and phenotypic plasticity are the most common sources of phenotypic variation, yet comparative studies investigating the relationships between these sources, specifically in plants, are lacking. To investigate the relationships among developmental stability or instability, developmental variability, canalization, and plasticity in plants, we conducted a field experiment with Abutilon theophrasti, by subjecting plants to three densities under infertile vs. fertile soil conditions. We measured the leaf width (leaf size) and calculated fluctuating asymmetry (FA), coefficient of variation within and among individuals (CV_intra and CV_inter), and plasticity (PI_rel) in leaf size at days 30, 50, and 70 of plant growth, t

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013853 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature