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adaptation

[noun]

A change that allows an organism to function better in a particular environment.


Appears in modules:

  • Adaptation The case of penguins
  • Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
  • Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
  • Biodiversity I Definitions and patterns of diversity
  • Biodiversity II Changing habits and habitats
  • Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
  • Charles Darwin II Natural selection
  • Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
  • David Ho HIV researcher
  • Extinction When species come to an end
  • Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
  • Respiration Oxygen, gas exchange, and energy release
  • Uncovering the Mysteries of Chronic Mountain Sickness The work of Fabiola Léon-Velarde
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