Their analyses suggest that corals can «toughen up» over the course of their lifetimes in
response to environmental conditions.
According to Halsey: «We know that animals change their body condition in
response to environmental conditions.
Previous studies have suggested that genes tightly control the number of premolar roots, meaning that this trait doesn't change much in
response to environmental conditions.
In this sense they are actually similar to the plant cells, which are able to change shape as the amount of water within them changes in
response to environmental conditions.
2007 «Remodeling of bacterial RNA polymerase supramolecular complex in
response to environmental conditions.»
Organisms adjust their development in
response to environmental conditions to maximize important life history traits such as body size and survival.