Canalization refers to genetic restriction of phenotype to a small number of developmental outcomes; a highly canalized attribute is one for which genes channel development along predetermined pathways, so the environment has little effect on the phenotype that emerges.

Canalization also refers to the tendency of growth rates to return to genetically determined patterns after undergoing environmentally induced change.

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