TY - CHAP
T1 - Developmental plasticity
AU - Frankenhuis, Willem E.
AU - de Weerth, Carolina
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Developmental plasticity is the ability of an organism to tailor its phenotype (i.e., its observable traits) to environmental conditions and to its somatic condition. This ability is widespread in nature: It exists in all life forms, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and plants. This entry discusses developmental plasticity, its evolutionary origins and function, the physiological mechanisms that mediate it, individual differences, and sensitive periods.
AB - Developmental plasticity is the ability of an organism to tailor its phenotype (i.e., its observable traits) to environmental conditions and to its somatic condition. This ability is widespread in nature: It exists in all life forms, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and plants. This entry discusses developmental plasticity, its evolutionary origins and function, the physiological mechanisms that mediate it, individual differences, and sensitive periods.
U2 - 10.4135/9781506307633.n220
DO - 10.4135/9781506307633.n220
M3 - Chapter
T3 - The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development
SP - 587
EP - 588
BT - The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development
PB - SAGE Publications Inc.
ER -