ArticleNature ecology & evolution2022
Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is under stabilizing selection in Daphnia.
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Abstract
The adaptive nature of phenotypic plasticity is widely documented. However, little is known about the evolutionary forces that shape genetic variation of plasticity within populations. Whether genetic variation in plasticity is driven by stabilizing or diversifying selection and whether the strength of such forces remains constant through time, remain open questions. Here, we address this issue by assessing the evolutionary forces that shape genetic variation in antipredator developmental plasticity of Daphnia pulex. Antipredator plasticity in D. pulex is characterized by the growth of a pedestal and spikes in the dorsal head region upon exposure to predator cue. We characterized genetic variation in plasticity using a method that describes the entire dorsal shape amongst >100 D. pulex strains recently derived from the wild. We observed the strongest reduction in genetic variation in dorsal areas where plastic responses were greatest, consistent with stabilizing selection. We compared mutational variation (V
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