Functional trait plasticity diverges between sexes in African cichlids: A contribution toward ecological sexual dimorphism?
Kirsty McWhinnie,
Deepti Negi,
K. Elizabeth Tanner
et al.
Abstract:Phenotypic plasticity enables development to produce multiple phenotypes in response to environmental conditions. Plasticity driven variation has been suggested to play a key role in adaptive divergence, and plasticity itself can evolve. However, the interaction of plasticity with the multiple levels involved with adaptive divergence is less understood. For example, sexual dimorphism can contribute adaptive variation through ecological sexual dimorphism (ESD), but the contribution of plasticity to this phenome… Show more
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