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Seasonal plasticity in insect models: effect of variable temperatures on developmental oucome
Publication . Rodrigues, Yara; Beldade, Patrícia
"Heritable intra-specific variation is the raw material for evolution by natural selection, which creates inter-specific diversity. This diversity results from the interactions between evolutionary and developmental processes, both shaped by interactions between organisms and their environments. Environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and nutrition can lead to the production of different phenotypic variants, in a process called developmental plasticity. This developmental plasticity can help organisms to cope with environmental heterogeneity; if the effect of environmental conditions on developmental outcome leads to a better match between organisms and their environments. Natural environments can be very complex, (...)"
Evolution and regulation of developmental plasticity: body size and pigmentation in Drosophila
Publication . Lafuente, Elvira; Beldade, Patricia
"Phenotypic variation is a universal property of biological organisms and is the raw material for evolution by natural selection. Patterns of phenotypic variation in natural populations are greatly dependent on the external environment. Beyond filtering phenotypic variation in the process of natural selection, the environment can also play an instructive role leading to the production of phenotypic variants during development. Environmental cues, such as temperature or nutrition, can influence developmental rates and trajectories and lead to the production of different phenotypes from the same genotype; a phenomenon called developmental plasticity. In the wild, organisms are exposed to a variety of environmental cues that might affect the development of several traits in different manners.(...)"
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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3599-PPCDT
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PTDC/BIA-EVF/0017/2014