Adaptation_(biology) Adaptation_(biology)

Adaptation (biology) - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Accommodation, Accord, Agreement, Aleatory, Alignment, Alteration, Apostasy, Arrangement, Assimilation, Bearings, Break, Change

A biological adaptation is an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a period of time by the process of natural selection such that it increases the expected long-term reproductive success of the organism.

See also: Spandrel

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