Tag: phenotypic plasticity

A study in Development Genes and Evolution reveals that rearing temperature independently influences wing size and spot size in Drosophila ...

A survey of Warsaw botanic garden greenhouses recorded two tropical catenulid flatworm species previously known only from South America and ...

This finding suggests that forest management strategies should consider specific geographic origins rather than relying solely on broader subspecies classifications ...

A new study identifies lncRNAs LINC00504 and LINC00520 as key regulators of the balance between proliferative and invasive states in ...

A new review maps how genetic, epigenetic and immune changes drive colorectal cancer from its first transformation to metastasis and ...

A new review argues that seed dispersal is evolving under global change, with human transport, disperser loss and climate shifts ...

A study of two Florida seagrasses finds that the long-dispersing turtlegrass shows weaker genetic structure but greater trait variability, while ...

A new review proposes that the constantly shifting shapes of proteins, not just genetic mutations, drive rapid and reversible drug ...

Laboratory experiments show that pupal development at 15 °C improved chill coma recovery in the invasive fruit flies Bactrocera dorsalis ...

Osmotic stress drives the invasive sea squirt Ciona robusta to produce microRNA variants that acquire new, shared, or opposite regulatory ...

A four-generation experiment with wild house mice in island-like enclosures finds rapid plastic shifts in body mass, vertebrae length and ...

A 2024 spring frost in central Spain led montane Pied Flycatcher females to lay significantly smaller eggs, while laying dates ...

A new review argues that conserving medicinal plants under climate change requires protecting adaptive genomic variation, not just species or ...

Machine learning models that incorporate genome-wide markers for environmental responsiveness have improved cross-environment genomic prediction across four crops and generated ...

A first quantitative leaf morphometric study of Greece's only endemic oak reveals stable leaf shape but striking size differences across ...

A reciprocal transplant experiment in the Florida Keys reveals that the environment, not cryptic genetic lineage, is the strongest driver ...

Whole-genome sequencing of eight Tribidrag, or Zinfandel, grapevine clones reveals millions of genetic variants and clear clonal differentiation that does ...

A new network-modeling study shows that ulcerative colitis rewires the gut microbiome's interaction architecture, shifting hub control from beneficial bacteria ...

A new Plant and Soil study finds that domesticated pepper varieties lose the root trait plasticity that helps wild ancestors ...

The evolution of multicellularity marks one of the most transformative milestones in the history of life on Earth, representing a ...