Cryptic genetic variation (CGV) is invisible under normal conditions, but it can fuel evolution
when circumstances change. In theory, CGV can represent a massive cache of adaptive …

Explaining the origins of novel traits is central to evolutionary biology. Longstanding theory
suggests that developmental plasticity, the ability of an individual to modify its development …

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by
discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical …

This theme issue pursues an exploration of the potential of taking into account the
environmental sensitivity of development to explaining the evolution of metazoan life cycles …

Two different, but related, evolutionary theories pertaining to phenotypic plasticity were
proposed by James Mark Baldwin and Conrad Hal Waddington. Unfortunately, these …

The relationship between genotype (which is inherited) and phenotype (the target of
selection) is mediated by environmental inputs on gene expression, trait development, and …

Morphometrics underwent a revolution more than one decade ago. In the modern
morphometrics, the estimate of size is now contained in a single variable reflecting variation …

This article reviews the production of different phenotypes from the same genotype in the
same environment by stochastic cellular events, nonlinear mechanisms during patterning …

A central role for phenotypic plasticity in adaptive evolution is often posited yet lacks
empirical support. Selection for the stable production of an induced phenotype is …

Both genetic and environmental factors underlie phenotypic variation. While research at the
interface of evolutionary and developmental biology has made excellent advances in …