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. 2007 Nov 28;363(1497):1589–1598. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0008

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A reaction norm. Reaction norms describe the phenotypic plasticity of traits—how the value of the trait produced by a given genotype varies in relationship to one or more environmental variables. For example, temperate birds of many species breed earlier in warmer springs.