Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture
- ISBN-10
- 0801867886
- ISBN-13
- 9780801867880
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-08-17
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Massimo Pigliucci
Description
"The author begins by defining phenotypic plasticity and detailing its history, including important experiments and methods of statistical and graphical analysis. He then provides extended examples and discussion of the molecular basis of plasticity, the plasticity of development, the ecology of plastic responses, and the role of costs and constraints in the evolution of plasticity. A brief epilogue looks at how plasticity studies shed light on the nature/nurture debate in the popular media.".
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