CLONAL VARIATION FOR PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN THE CORALMADRACIS MIRABILIS
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Clonal Variation for Phenotypic Plasticity in the Coral Madracis Mirabilis
Morphological plasticity is common among clonal organisms, including scleractinian corals, yet the role of phenotypic plasticity in coral ecology and evolution is largely unexplored. Additionally, it is unclear how much variation in plastic responses exists among individuals, populations, and species, and thus how much potential there is for natural selection to act on coral reaction norms. In ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2177:cvfppi]2.0.co;2