Adaptive plasticity generates microclines in threespine stickleback male nuptial color
Chad D. Brock, Molly E. Cummings, Daniel I. Bolnick
The paper shows that male threespine stickleback nuptial coloration varies with light gradients across small spatial scales due to phenotypic plasticity, maintaining conspicuousness in changing environments.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology