In ecology and genetics, a reaction norm, also called a norm of reaction, describes the pattern of phenotypic expression of a single genotype across a...

establishment of synaptic connections during development. The norm of reaction, or reaction norm, is a pattern of phenotypic plasticity that describes how...

necessarily norms. Instinctual or biological reactions, personal tastes, and personal habits are not necessarily norms. Groups may adopt norms in a variety...

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rather than plasticity in a single behavioural trait. Thus, behavioural reaction norms were introduced as a means of incorporating personality and individual...

1944) was a German zoologist best known for developing the concept of reaction norm (German: Reaktionsnorm). He also conducted some of the first research...

plants, where the concept was originally used, tolerance is defined as a reaction norm of host fitness over a range of parasite burdens, and can be measured...

load. This is a reaction norm in which host performance is regressed against increasing disease burden. The slope of the reaction norm defines the degree...

genotypes respond to environmental variation in different ways. A norm of reaction is a graph that shows the relationship between genes and environmental...

the concept of first principles). This basic norm, however, is often described as hypothetical. Reaction to the term has fallen into three broad areas...