Lecture 5: Individual Quality

Question 1

Define ‘plasticity’.

Answer 1

Changes in phenotype as a result of unique environments.

Question 2

Define ‘cryptic evolution’.

Answer 2

When the number of environmental influences on the expression of the genotype - phenotype increases with an decrease in the genetic differentiation across the environment, resulting in linear, unchanging phenotypes.

Question 3

Define ‘fitness function’.

Answer 3

The relationship between fitness and phenotype.