Add to ORKGWhether evolutionary change can occur by genetic assimilation, or more generally by genetic accommodation, remains controversial. Here we examine some of the experimental evidence for both phenomena. Several experiments in Drosophila suggest that assimilation is possible, and a new paper1 shows that a color polyphenism in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, can evolve by genetic accommodation. We argue that genetic accommodation, including assimilation, is a plausible mechanism in evolution; however, more work is required to test how this mechanism acts and how often it is involved in evolutionary change
Evolution’s ability to find innovative phenotypes is an important ingredient in the emergence of com...
AbstractMobile DNAs are potent sources of mutation in wild populations, but seem only rarely to have...
Explaining how organisms can exhibit suitable phenotypic variation to rapidly adapt to novel environ...
International audienceWhether evolutionary change can occur by genetic assimilation, or more general...
The idea of genetic assimilation, that environmentally induced phenotypes may become genetically fix...
Background Most, if not all, organisms possess the ability to alter their phenotype in direct respon...
There is increasing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can promote population divergence by facilit...
In addition to considerable debate in the recent evolutionary literature about the limits of the Mod...
The discovery and popularisation of the study of different evolutionary processes outside the curren...
The Baldwin Effect indicates that individually learned behaviours acquired during an organism’s life...
In recent years, there has been growing interest in computer modeling of the evolution of gene and c...
AbstractThe population genetic basis for adaptation has remained obscure despite a longstanding body...
Evolution of adaptation requires both generation of novel phenotypic variation and retention of a lo...
Normal development depends on specific genetic and environmental inputs. When environments change, e...
Background: Biological evolution exhibits an extraordinary capability to adapt organisms to their en...
Evolution’s ability to find innovative phenotypes is an important ingredient in the emergence of com...
AbstractMobile DNAs are potent sources of mutation in wild populations, but seem only rarely to have...
Explaining how organisms can exhibit suitable phenotypic variation to rapidly adapt to novel environ...
International audienceWhether evolutionary change can occur by genetic assimilation, or more general...
The idea of genetic assimilation, that environmentally induced phenotypes may become genetically fix...
Background Most, if not all, organisms possess the ability to alter their phenotype in direct respon...
There is increasing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can promote population divergence by facilit...
In addition to considerable debate in the recent evolutionary literature about the limits of the Mod...
The discovery and popularisation of the study of different evolutionary processes outside the curren...
The Baldwin Effect indicates that individually learned behaviours acquired during an organism’s life...
In recent years, there has been growing interest in computer modeling of the evolution of gene and c...
AbstractThe population genetic basis for adaptation has remained obscure despite a longstanding body...
Evolution of adaptation requires both generation of novel phenotypic variation and retention of a lo...
Normal development depends on specific genetic and environmental inputs. When environments change, e...
Background: Biological evolution exhibits an extraordinary capability to adapt organisms to their en...
Evolution’s ability to find innovative phenotypes is an important ingredient in the emergence of com...
AbstractMobile DNAs are potent sources of mutation in wild populations, but seem only rarely to have...
Explaining how organisms can exhibit suitable phenotypic variation to rapidly adapt to novel environ...