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H. Fred Nijhout
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 2
Citations - 488
H. Fred Nijhout is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Developmental systems theory & Genetic assimilation. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 442 citations.
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The role of developmental plasticity in evolutionary innovation
Armin P. Moczek,Sonia E. Sultan,Susan A. Foster,Ian Dworkin,H. Fred Nijhout,Ehab Abouheif,David W. Pfennig +6 more
TL;DR: Three distinct ways by which developmental plasticity can promote evolutionary innovation are examined, showing how the process of genetic accommodation provides a feasible and possibly common avenue by which environmentally induced phenotypes can become subject to heritable modification.