A recurrent theme in evolutionary biology is to contrast natural selection and developmental
constraint–two forces pitted against each other as competing explanations for organismal …

Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

Plasticity-first evolution (PFE) posits that novel features arise when selection refines pre-
existing phenotypic plasticity into an adaptive phenotype. However, PFE is controversial …

Microplastics (MP) are an abundant, long-lasting, and widespread type of environmental
pollution that is of increasing concern as it might pose a serious threat to ecosystems and …

As the environment changes, populations can respond by adapting via evolutionary change.
If the rate or magnitude of environmental change is too great for evolution to keep pace, then …

Recent years have witnessed increased interest in evaluating whether phenotypic plasticity
can precede, facilitate, and possibly even bias adaptive evolution. Despite accumulating …

The environment experienced by developing organisms can shape the timing and character
of developmental processes, generating different phenotypes from the same genotype, each …

Determining how plasticity of developmental traits responds to environmental conditions is a
challenge that must combine evolutionary sciences, ecology, and developmental biology …

A growing number of biologists have begun asking whether environmentally induced
phenotypic change––'phenotypic plasticity'––precedes and facilitates the origin and …

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectrum diagnosis is a fundamental building block for
diverse OAM-based systems. Among others, the simple on-axis interferometric …