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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an individual genotype to alter aspects
    of its phenotype depending on the current environment. It is central to the persistence,
    resistance and resilience of populations facing variation in physical or biological
    factors. Genetic variation in plasticity is pervasive, which suggests its local
    adaptation is plausible. Existing studies on the adaptation of plasticity typically
    focus on single traits and a few populations, while theory about interactions
    among genes (for example, pleiotropy) suggests that a multi-trait, landscape scale
    (for example, multiple populations) perspective is required. We present data from
    a landscape scale, replicated, multi-trait experiment using a classic predator–prey
    system centred on the water flea Daphnia pulex. We find predator regime-driven
    differences in genetic variation of multivariate plasticity. These differences
    are associated with strong divergent selection linked to a predation regime. Our
    findings are evidence for local adaptation of plasticity, suggesting that responses
    of populations to environmental variation depend on the conditions in which they
    evolved in the past.
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article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Julia
  full_name: Reger, Julia
  last_name: Reger
- first_name: Martin I.
  full_name: Lind, Martin I.
  last_name: Lind
- first_name: Matthew Richard
  full_name: Robinson, Matthew Richard
  id: E5D42276-F5DA-11E9-8E24-6303E6697425
  last_name: Robinson
  orcid: 0000-0001-8982-8813
- first_name: Andrew P.
  full_name: Beckerman, Andrew P.
  last_name: Beckerman
citation:
  ama: Reger J, Lind MI, Robinson MR, Beckerman AP. Predation drives local adaptation
    of phenotypic plasticity. <i>Nature Ecology &#38; Evolution</i>. 2017;2:100-107.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6">10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6</a>
  apa: Reger, J., Lind, M. I., Robinson, M. R., &#38; Beckerman, A. P. (2017). Predation
    drives local adaptation of phenotypic plasticity. <i>Nature Ecology &#38; Evolution</i>.
    Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6</a>
  chicago: Reger, Julia, Martin I. Lind, Matthew Richard Robinson, and Andrew P. Beckerman.
    “Predation Drives Local Adaptation of Phenotypic Plasticity.” <i>Nature Ecology
    &#38; Evolution</i>. Springer Nature, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6</a>.
  ieee: J. Reger, M. I. Lind, M. R. Robinson, and A. P. Beckerman, “Predation drives
    local adaptation of phenotypic plasticity,” <i>Nature Ecology &#38; Evolution</i>,
    vol. 2. Springer Nature, pp. 100–107, 2017.
  ista: Reger J, Lind MI, Robinson MR, Beckerman AP. 2017. Predation drives local
    adaptation of phenotypic plasticity. Nature Ecology &#38; Evolution. 2, 100–107.
  mla: Reger, Julia, et al. “Predation Drives Local Adaptation of Phenotypic Plasticity.”
    <i>Nature Ecology &#38; Evolution</i>, vol. 2, Springer Nature, 2017, pp. 100–07,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6">10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6</a>.
  short: J. Reger, M.I. Lind, M.R. Robinson, A.P. Beckerman, Nature Ecology &#38;
    Evolution 2 (2017) 100–107.
date_created: 2020-04-30T10:46:02Z
date_published: 2017-11-27T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:15:07Z
day: '27'
doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0373-6
extern: '1'
intvolume: '         2'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '11'
oa_version: None
page: 100-107
publication: Nature Ecology & Evolution
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2397-334X
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Nature
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Predation drives local adaptation of phenotypic plasticity
type: journal_article
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year: '2017'
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