The Baldwin effect reloaded: Intermediate levels of phenotypic plasticity favor evolutionary rescue
Amaury Lambert, Guillaume Achaz, Arnaud Le Rouzic, Laurent Loison
This paper presents a stochastic model showing that intermediate phenotypic plasticity can enhance evolutionary rescue by balancing the acceleration of adaptation and the reduction of mutant fitness advantage.
The American Naturalist · Jun 20, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology