Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Qeustion: How does an organism that possesses inducible plasticity determine waiting time before the development of a secondary phenotype is suitable? Model: Maximization of the fitness currency, the survival possibility times the expected amount of remaining energy at terminal time, with respect to waiting time before development of a secondary phenotype. Key assumptions: If the individual develops the inducible secondary phenotype in the secondary environment, death rate is reduced. The development and maintenance of the inducible phenotype incurs a cost. Results: The optimal waiting tiem should be longer under the following conditions: when the inducible phenotype has low effectiveness in improving the survival rate of an organism exposed to the secondary environment; when the cost of development of the secondary phenotype is high; when the time delay required to develop the phenotype is short; or when the total energy that an organism possesses initially is low and fitness will be evaluated far in the future.
Author: Kinya Nishimura
Institution: Hokkaido University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1553530893