Variability among individuals is generated at the gene expression level

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Peck, Lloyd S., Thorne, Michael A.S., Hoffman, Joseph I., Morley, Simon A., Clark, Melody S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Society of America 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Nacella; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504775/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504775/1/Peck%20et%20al.%202015%20Individual%20Variation%20-%20Ecology.pdf

Selection acts on individuals, specifically on their differences. To understand adaptation and responses to change therefore requires knowledge of how variation is generated and distributed across traits. Variation occurs on different biological scales, from genetic through physiological to morpholo...