Food-induced phenotypic plasticity in echinoid larvae is inducible and reversible throughout development
These results establish that plasticity responses in echinoid larvae are both reversible and inducible throughout larval development and result in significant adaptive benefits in terms of energy use. Our single larval experiments facilitate future analyses that can explore the genetic and molecular underpinnings of phenotypic plasticity.
Authors
- Douglas A. Pace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1598-3295)
- Ariana Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-2882)
- Bruno Pernet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-5654)
- Éric Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0516-2434)
- S. Kasem
- Isabel Villafuerte
Institutions
- California State University, Long Beach (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02447-w
- Primary Topic
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Southern California Academy of Sciences
- National Institutes of Health