Adaptive, maladaptive, neutral, or absent plasticity: Hidden caveats of reaction norms
M. Eriksson, A. Kinnby, P. De Wit, M. Rafajlovic
The paper shows that reaction norms alone cannot determine if a trait exhibits adaptive, maladaptive, neutral, or no plasticity without knowing the trait's relationship to fitness or local adaptation.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2022Evolutionary Biology