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plasticity: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com (795 words)
	Plasticity allows a solid under the action of outside forces to become permanently deformed without rupturing; elasticity enables a solid to return to its original shape after the load is removed.
	Phenotypic plasticity: Describes the degree to which an organism's phenotype is determined by its genotype.
	Synaptic plasticity: In neuroscience, plasticity is a property of a neuron or synapse to change its internal parameters in response to its history.

Plasticity and Norms (818 words)
	Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of individuals to alter its physiology, morphology and/or behavior in response to a change in the environmental conditions.
	In the context of evolution, phenotypic plasticity demonstrates the two meanings of adaptation: the plastic response is itself an example of a physiological adaptation and it is widely held that the ability to be plastic is adaptive in the sense of increasing fitness.
	Another variant form of the plasticity issue is that some organisms may exhibit threshold effects where there is not a clear gradual transition between forms, but a stepwise change of phenotype in response to a gradual environmental change.

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