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Plasticity Hypothesis

The Plasticity Hypothesis is a theoretical framework within gene-environment interaction research proposing that certain genetic variants confer heightened sensitivity to environmental influences, thereby increasing phenotypic plasticity rather than determining fixed outcomes.

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210

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2017–2026

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Publications

103

Testing the Adaptive Plasticity Hypothesis: Density-Dependent Selection on Manipulated Stem Length in Impatiens capensis

Susan A. Dudley, Johanna Schmitt · The American Naturalist · 1996 · 591 citations

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Evaluating ‘Plasticity-First’ Evolution in Nature: Key Criteria and Empirical Approaches

Nicholas A. Levis, David W. Pfennig · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2016 · 550 citations

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Between-individual differences in behavioural plasticity within populations: causes and consequences

Niels J. Dingemanse, Max Wolf · Animal Behaviour · 2013 · 461 citations

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Phenotypic plasticity: linking molecular mechanisms with evolutionary outcomes

Carl D. Schlichting, Harry Smith · Evolutionary Ecology · 2002 · 406 citations

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On the Nature of Human Plasticity.

C. R. Hallpike, Richard M. Lerner · Man · 1986 · 348 citations

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Authors

308

  1. JB
    Jay Belsky

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 690 citations

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  2. SA
    Susan A. Dudley

    McMaster University, Canada

    3 publications · 874 citations

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  3. JA
    Judy A. Stamps

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. JS
    Johanna Schmitt

    Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 849 citations

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  5. RM
    Richard M. Lerner

    Tufts University, United States

    2 publications · 285 citations

    2

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Institutions

210

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    792 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    469 citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    728 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    264 citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    191 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

    Pöcking, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    561 citations

  8. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    106 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Naturalist

    AN · 8 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Evolution

    6 publications · 242 citations

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  3. Evolutionary Ecology

    6 publications · 649 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 3 publications · 82 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology

    3 publications · 142 citations

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