Twenty years on from Developmental Plasticity and Evolution : middle-range theories and how to test them
(2024) In Journal of Experimental Biology 227.- Abstract
In Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, Mary-Jane West-Eberhard argued that the developmental mechanisms that enable organisms to respond to their environment are fundamental causes of adaptation and diversification. Twenty years after publication of this book, this once so highly controversial claim appears to have been assimilated by a wealth of studies on ‘plasticity-led’ evolution. However, we suggest that the role of development in explanations for adaptive evolution remains underappreciated in this body of work. By combining concepts of evolvability from evolutionary developmental biology and quantitative genetics, we outline a framework that is more appropriate to identify developmental causes of adaptive evolution. This... (More)
In Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, Mary-Jane West-Eberhard argued that the developmental mechanisms that enable organisms to respond to their environment are fundamental causes of adaptation and diversification. Twenty years after publication of this book, this once so highly controversial claim appears to have been assimilated by a wealth of studies on ‘plasticity-led’ evolution. However, we suggest that the role of development in explanations for adaptive evolution remains underappreciated in this body of work. By combining concepts of evolvability from evolutionary developmental biology and quantitative genetics, we outline a framework that is more appropriate to identify developmental causes of adaptive evolution. This framework demonstrates how experimental and comparative developmental biology and physiology can be leveraged to put the role of plasticity in evolution to the test.
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- author
- Uller, Tobias LU ; Milocco, Lisandro LU ; Isanta-Navarro, Jana LU ; Cornwallis, Charlie K. LU and Feiner, Nathalie LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-03
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adaptive landscape, Development, Evolution, Evolvability, Morphospace, Plasticity
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- Journal of Experimental Biology
- volume
- 227
- article number
- jeb246375
- publisher
- The Company of Biologists Ltd
- external identifiers
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- pmid:38449333
- scopus:85187207399
- ISSN
- 0022-0949
- DOI
- 10.1242/jeb.246375
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- e65f8e2c-1156-4afc-add0-972c6d599c68
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- 2024-04-09 13:41:22
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abstract = {{<p>In Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, Mary-Jane West-Eberhard argued that the developmental mechanisms that enable organisms to respond to their environment are fundamental causes of adaptation and diversification. Twenty years after publication of this book, this once so highly controversial claim appears to have been assimilated by a wealth of studies on ‘plasticity-led’ evolution. However, we suggest that the role of development in explanations for adaptive evolution remains underappreciated in this body of work. By combining concepts of evolvability from evolutionary developmental biology and quantitative genetics, we outline a framework that is more appropriate to identify developmental causes of adaptive evolution. This framework demonstrates how experimental and comparative developmental biology and physiology can be leveraged to put the role of plasticity in evolution to the test.</p>}},
author = {{Uller, Tobias and Milocco, Lisandro and Isanta-Navarro, Jana and Cornwallis, Charlie K. and Feiner, Nathalie}},
issn = {{0022-0949}},
keywords = {{Adaptive landscape; Development; Evolution; Evolvability; Morphospace; Plasticity}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{The Company of Biologists Ltd}},
series = {{Journal of Experimental Biology}},
title = {{Twenty years on from Developmental Plasticity and Evolution : middle-range theories and how to test them}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246375}},
doi = {{10.1242/jeb.246375}},
volume = {{227}},
year = {{2024}},
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