Evaluating 'Plasticity-First' Evolution in Nature: Key Criteria and Empirical Approaches.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2016-07-01

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2016.03.012PMID 27067134
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