Braendle, Christian Flatt, Thomas 2006 Whether evolutionary change can occur by genetic assimilation, or more generally by genetic accommodation, remains controversial. Here we examine some of the experimental evidence for both phenomena. Several experiments in Drosophila suggest that assimilation is possible, and a new paper1 shows that a color polyphenism in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, can evolve by genetic accommodation. We argue that genetic accommodation, including assimilation, is a plausible mechanism in evolution; however, more work is required to test how this mechanism acts and how often it is involved in evolutionary change. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/307677 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/307677/files/2006_rga.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/bies.20456 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined BioEssays. - 2006, no. 28, p. 868-873 evolution genetic assimilation genetic accomodation Drosophila life history info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 A role for genetic accommodation in evolution? http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501