Chasing the fitness optimum: temporal variation in the genetic and environmental expression of life-history traits for a perennial plant
M. W. Kulbaba, Z. Yoko, J. A. Hamilton
This study examines how genetic and environmental factors influence life-history traits in Geum triflorum over three years, showing higher heritability for early traits and greater plasticity for later traits in response to environmental variation.
bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2021Evolutionary Biology