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First published online May 26, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2377-2383 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02271
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The evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions mediated through phenotypic plasticity

James A. Fordyce

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA


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  		Fig. 1. Scenarios for change in mean and/or variance of a trait in a population between the constitutive phenotype expressed prior to an interaction (blue) and the induced phenotype following an interaction (red). (A) An increase in mean and variance of a trait. (B) Decrease in variance, mean unchanged. (C) Increase in variance, mean unchanged.

 

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  		Fig. 2. A scenario where the plastic response of one partner affects the fitness surface of an interacting partner; here an example between an insect herbivore population and its host plant. The red curves indicate the phenotypic distribution (middle) and fitness surface (top) of the insect herbivore. The green curve indicates the distribution (bottom) of host plant traits relevant to the interaction. (A) Prior to the plastic response of the plant, the traits of the herbivore mirror those of the plant. If the phenotypic distributions remain constant, stabilizing selection will occur, selecting against extreme phenotypes with lower relative fitness. (B) A plastic response of the plants shifts the distribution of phenotypes in the population. As a consequence, the fitness surface of the herbivore changes and directional selection occurs. Note that it is possible for the herbivore to have a complementary plastic response, which will change its phenotypic distribution and the shape of the fitness surface.

 

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