Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation
Selection and plasticity are two mechanisms that allow the adaptation of a population to a changing environment. Interaction between these nonexclusive mechanisms must be considered if we are to understand population survival. This review discusses the ways in which plasticity and selection can inte...
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| description | Selection and plasticity are two mechanisms that allow the adaptation of a population to a changing environment. Interaction between these nonexclusive mechanisms must be considered if we are to understand population survival. This review discusses the ways in which plasticity and selection can interact, based on a review of the literature on selection and phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of populations. The link between selection and phenotypic plasticity is analysed at the level of the individual. Plasticity can affect an individual’s response to selection and so may modify the end result of genetic diversity evolution at population level. Genetic diversity increases the ability of populations or communities to adapt to new environmental conditions. Adaptive plasticity increases individual fitness. However this effect must be viewed from the perspective of the costs of plasticity, although these are not easy to estimate. It is becoming necessary to engage in new experimental research to demonstrate the combined effects of selection and plasticity for adaptation and their consequences on the evolution of genetic diversity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed747d9cd735419c83a23520223b26792025-02-03T05:48:03ZengWileyScientifica2090-908X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/70217017021701Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of AdaptationS. Grenier0P. Barre1I. Litrico2INRA, UR004, P3F, RD 150, Site du Chêne, BP 86006, 86600 Lusignan, FranceINRA, UR004, P3F, RD 150, Site du Chêne, BP 86006, 86600 Lusignan, FranceINRA, UR004, P3F, RD 150, Site du Chêne, BP 86006, 86600 Lusignan, FranceSelection and plasticity are two mechanisms that allow the adaptation of a population to a changing environment. Interaction between these nonexclusive mechanisms must be considered if we are to understand population survival. This review discusses the ways in which plasticity and selection can interact, based on a review of the literature on selection and phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of populations. The link between selection and phenotypic plasticity is analysed at the level of the individual. Plasticity can affect an individual’s response to selection and so may modify the end result of genetic diversity evolution at population level. Genetic diversity increases the ability of populations or communities to adapt to new environmental conditions. Adaptive plasticity increases individual fitness. However this effect must be viewed from the perspective of the costs of plasticity, although these are not easy to estimate. It is becoming necessary to engage in new experimental research to demonstrate the combined effects of selection and plasticity for adaptation and their consequences on the evolution of genetic diversity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7021701 |
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| title | Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation |
| title_full | Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation |
| title_fullStr | Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation |
| title_short | Phenotypic Plasticity and Selection: Nonexclusive Mechanisms of Adaptation |
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