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Mapping phenotypes: canalization, plasticity and developmental stability

Debat, Vincent, David, Patrice·2001·Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Authors: Debat, V., & David, P.
Affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
ORCID: Debat, Vincent
David, Patrice
Venue: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2001-10
Volume: 16
Issue: 10
Pages: 555-561
ISSN: 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(01)02266-2
OpenAlex: W2138673359
Cited by: 614
References: 51
Citations by year: 2026: 34 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 29
FWCI: 2.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Morphological variations and asymmetry
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords: canalization, phenotypic plasticity, developmental stability, genotype-phenotype correlation, phenotypic variability, phenotypic evolution, natural selection, molecular genetics, developmental genetics

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