Abstract
In our recent opinion paper in TREE [1], we advanced the idea that genetic variation in niche construction may have understudied consequences for the development and genetics of phenotypically plastic traits, and that these consequences are potentially of evolutionary importance. Our main idea was that alleles underlying genetic variation in niche construction specify the environment in which all traits (and their associated genetic mechanisms) are expressed. Thus, alleles underlying genetic variation in niche constructing traits can have indirect effects on phenotypically plastic traits by influencing the environments that individuals experience.
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