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ReviewEcology and evolution2018

Why does the magnitude of genotype-by-environment interaction vary?

Julia B Saltz, Alison M Bell, Jonathan Flint, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Kimberly A Hughes, Jason Keagy

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Review in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julia B SaltzRice University Houston Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-0645-173X
Alison M BellUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana Illinois.
Jonathan FlintUniversity of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California.
Richard GomulkiewiczWashington State University Pullman Washington.
Kimberly A HughesFlorida State University Tallahassee Florida.
Jason KeagyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana Illinois.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genotype-by-environment interaction (G × E), that is, genetic variation in phenotypic plasticity, is a central concept in ecology and evolutionary biology. G×E has wide-ranging implications for trait development and for understanding how organisms will respond to environmental change. Although G × E has been extensively documented, its presence and magnitude vary dramatically across populations and traits. Despite this, we still know little about why G × E is so evident in some traits and populations, but minimal or absent in others. To encourage synthetic research in this area, we review diverse hypotheses for the underlying biological causes of variation in G × E. We extract common themes from these hypotheses to develop a more synthetic understanding of variation in G × E and suggest some important next steps.

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genetic variationgenotype‐by‐environment interactionphenotypic plasticity

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PMID29988442
PMCPMC6024136

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