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Science 16 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5426, pp. 343 - 344
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.343
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY:
An Evolutionary Dead End?

A review by H. Allen Orr

Phenotypic Evolution A Reaction Norm Perspective
Carl D. Schlichting and Massimo Pigliucci
Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 1998. 400 pp. Paper, $38.95. ISBN 0-87893-799-4.

Schlichting and Pigliucci argue for the evolutionary importance of the "developmental reaction norm," a concept that combines adaptive plasticity, development, and allometry.
The author is in the Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. E-mail: aorr{at}uhura.cc.rochester.edu

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