Adaptive developmental plasticity: what is it, how can we recognize it and when can it evolve?
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Adaptive developmental plasticity: what is it, how can we recognize it and when can it evolve?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1005