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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ratikainen II
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358619 | biostudies-other | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20190201 1
Reversible phenotypic plasticity, the ability to change one's phenotype repeatedly throughout life, can be selected for in environments that do not stay constant throughout an individual's lifetime. It might also mitigate senescence, as the mismatch between the environment and a non-plastic individual's traits is likely to increase as time passes. To understand why reversible plasticity may covary with lifespan, studies tend to assume unidirectional causality: plasticity evolves under suitable r ...[more]