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Lesley Alton

Monash University

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Why development time matters: temperature influences plasticity while nutritional stress reshapes selection and evolutionary potential

Gregory M Walter, Avishikta Chakraborty, Fiona Cockerell, Lesley Alton, Craig White, Matthew D. Hall, Carla Sgro

This study shows that temperature has the largest plastic effect on development time in Drosophila, but nutritional stress more strongly influences selection and evolvability.

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology