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Phenotypic plasticity
The biodiversity we see around us is enormous and the various environments organisms are exposed to are vast. On land, in lakes and in the great oceans, species experience diverse conditions, which challenge organisms’ prospects to survive and reproduce. For that reason, species use numerous developmental strategies to achieve site specific adaptations. Such developmental strategies are typically related to the heterogeneity of the environment, where a coarse grain environment may favour stereotyped specialist phenotypes, while a fine grain environment may evolve a flexible plastic phenotype.
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- Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation
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