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Ecological Genomics pp 107–125Cite as

Eco-Evo-Devo: The Time Has Come

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Abstract

The major goal of ecological evolutionary developmental biology, also known as “eco-evo-devo,” is to uncover the rules that underlie the interactions between an organism’s environment, genes, and development and to incorporate these rules into evolutionary theory. In this chapter, we discuss some key and emerging concepts within eco-evo-devo. These concepts show that the environment is a source and inducer of genotypic and phenotypic variation at multiple levels of biological organization, while development acts as a regulator that can mask, release, or create new combinations of variation. Natural selection can subsequently fix this variation, giving rise to novel phenotypes. Combining the approaches of eco-evo-devo and ecological genomics will mutually enrich these fields in a way that will not only enhance our understanding of evolution, but also of the genetic mechanisms underlying the responses of organisms to their natural environments.

Keywords

  • Evodevo
  • Evolution
  • Ecology
  • Stochastic variation
  • Robustness
  • Environmental stress
  • Developmental recombination
  • Genetic accommodation
  • Genetic assimilation
  • Ancestral developmental potential
  • Social interactions
  • Epigenetics
  • Developmental plasticity
  • Polyphenism
  • Ecoevodevo

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Abouheif, E., Favé, MJ., Ibarrarán-Viniegra, A.S., Lesoway, M.P., Rafiqi, A.M., Rajakumar, R. (2014). Eco-Evo-Devo: The Time Has Come. In: Landry, C., Aubin-Horth, N. (eds) Ecological Genomics. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 781. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7347-9_6

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