Behavioral plasticity and G x E of reproductive tactics in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles

Carter, Mauricio J.; Head, Megan; Moore, Allen J; Royle, Nick J.

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Behavioral plasticity and G x E of reproductive tactics in Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetles

Date

2015

Authors

Carter, Mauricio J.

Head, Megan

Moore, Allen J

Royle, Nick J.

Publisher

Society for the Study of Evolution

Abstract

Phenotypic plasticity is important in the evolution of traits and facilitates adaptation to rapid environmental changes. However, variation in plasticity at the individual level, and the heritable basis underlying this plasticity is rarely quantified for