Concepts
6 concepts
process
phenotypic plasticity
When a genotype produces different phenotypes under differing environmental conditions
process
facultative paedomorphosis
Alternative life history strategy where some individuals retain larval traits and become sexually mature in aquatic environment while others metamorphose to terrestrial adults
process
phenotypic selection
The process by which traits influence fitness, measured through directional and quadratic selection differentials relating trait values to reproductive success
theory
evolutionary rescue
A process by which adaptive evolutionary change occurs sufficiently rapidly to counteract a decline in population size under initially unfavorable conditions
phenomenon
adaptation
framework