Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution: Causes, Consequences, Controversies

Author:   David W. Pfennig (University of North Carolina)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   404
Publication Date:   01 June 2021
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Author:   David W. Pfennig (University of North Carolina)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9780367357047


ISBN 10:   0367357046
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   01 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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"Foreword: A Perspective on Plasticity Preface and Acknowledgements Section I Plasticity & Evolution: Concepts & Questions Phenotypic Plasticity as an Intrinsic Property of Organisms""There is Hardly Any Question in Biology of More Importance""––Charles Darwin and the Nature of Variation Key Questions about Phenotypic Plasticity Section II Causes of Plasticity: From Genes to Ecology Genetic Variation in Phenotypic Plasticity Physiological Mechanisms and the Evolution of Plasticity Ecology and the Evolution of Plasticity The Loss of Phenotypic Plasticity via Natural Selection: Genetic Assimilation Section III Consequences of Plasticity: Adaptation, Origination, Diversification Buying Time: Plasticity and Population Persistence Innovation and Diversification via Plasticity-led Evolution Plasticity and Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality Phenotypic Plasticity in the Fossil Record Section IV Plasticity & Evolution: Controversies & Consensus The Special Case of Behavioral Plasticity? Plasticity Across Generations How Does Phenotypic Plasticity Fit into Evolutionary Theory? Plasticity and Evolutionary Theory: Where We Are and Where We Should be Going List of Contributors Index"

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Anyone interested in the nature of living organisms and their adaptive evolution will be stimulated by reading this book. -- Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Foreword) This authoritative compilation brings together top thinkers on phenotypic plasticity and synthesizes the many ways that it profoundly influences evolution. Plasticity has been too often dismissed as mere 'environmental noise,' but these chapters bring rich and diverse perspectives to one volume and explain how plasticity arises and how understanding plasticity is fundamental to understanding evolutionary patterns and processes. -- Mohamed Noor, Duke University This book is 'must-read' for anyone interested in phenotypic plasticity. The editor and authors have done an excellent job as the treatment is bang up to date with a fully comprehensive coverage. In this era of major challenges from climate change, an understanding of the evolution and ecology of phenotypic plasticity has become ever more pressing and highly relevant to whether species will be able to cope with its consequences. The most valuable and attractive features of the book include an exceptionally thorough assessment of controversial ideas involving the genetics and evolution of plasticity and sections in each chapter entitled 'suggestions for future research'. -- Paul Brakefield FRS, University of Cambridge, UK


Anyone interested in the nature of living organisms and their adaptive evolution will be stimulated by reading this book. -- Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Foreword) This authoritative compilation brings together top thinkers on phenotypic plasticity and synthesizes the many ways that it profoundly influences evolution. Plasticity has been too often dismissed as mere 'environmental noise,' but these chapters bring rich and diverse perspectives to one volume and explain how plasticity arises and how understanding plasticity is fundamental to understanding evolutionary patterns and processes. -- Mohamed Noor, Duke University This book is 'must-read' for anyone interested in phenotypic plasticity. The editor and authors have done an excellent job as the treatment is bang up to date with a fully comprehensive coverage. In this era of major challenges from climate change, an understanding of the evolution and ecology of phenotypic plasticity has become ever more pressing and highly relevant to whether species will be able to cope with its consequences. The most valuable and attractive features of the book include an exceptionally thorough assessment of controversial ideas involving the genetics and evolution of plasticity and sections in each chapter entitled 'suggestions for future research'. -- Paul Brakefield FRS, University of Cambridge, UK This is a much needed book. This volume makes clear that nothing in evolution makes sense except in the light of selectable variation, and that this variation arises through the alliances woven between genomic and environmental agents during development. This should be mandatory reading for anyone concerned with mechanisms of evolution. -- Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College


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David W. Pfennig is a professor of biology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. He is broadly interested in evolutionary biology, ecology, behavior, and developmental biology and is author (with Karin Pfennig) of Evolution’s Wedge: Competition and the Origins of Diversity. His work has been featured on The National Geographic Channel, on the BBC/ PBS’s Nature series, and in The New York Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Discover, among other publications.

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