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If gene regulatory processes form the basis of phenotypic plasticity that evidences itself as discrete adaptive norms (sensu developmental conversion), it seems evident that the forms capable of such adaptations would possess a correspondingly richer genome than those lacking such adaptations. We examine evidence for the existence of genetic triads which are comprised of one form with wide niches due to phenotypic plasticity and two forms, each which is genetically fixed and exhibits a phenotype at one of the extremes of the plastic form. The invasion of organisms into new environments may occur by acquisition of discrete adaptive norms (DAN), which enable a transition between the old and new environments. The horohalinicum (=critical salinity) is defined as a salinity zone which always corresponds to 5–8 ppm and divides freshwater and marine faunas and floras, as well as many other physico-chemical characteristics. The current paper explores the existence of discrete adaptive norms and genetic triads with respect to salinity in some euryhaline crustaceans, particularly the arctic copepods, and discusses how such adaptations might inform us about species boundaries that affect the taxonomic status of these forms.
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Khlebovich, V.V., Abramova, E.N. Some problems of crustacean taxonomy related to the phenomenon of Horohalinicum. Hydrobiologia 417, 109–113 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003863623267
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