Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of one genotype to express different phenotypes in response to changing environmental conditions, is one of the most common phenomena characterising the living world and is not only relevant for the ecology but also for the evolution of species. Daphnia, the waterf...
Loss-of-function mutations in the tumour suppressor APC are an initial step in intestinal tumorigenesis. APC-mutant intestinal stem cells (ISCs) outcompete their wild type neighbours through the secretion of Wnt antagonists, accelerating the fixation and subsequent rapid clonal expansion of mutants....
