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Multiplication of species from a single phyletic line into a series of closely related taxa occupying different niches or adaptive zones.
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| adaptation |
In the evolutionary sense, some heritable feature of an individual's phenotype that improves its chances of survival and reproduction in the existing environment.
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| adapter |
A printed circuit board that plugs into a computer's expansion bus to provide added capabilities. Common adapters for the PC include display adapters, memory expansion adapters, input/output adapters that provide, serial, parallel, and games peorts, and other devices such as internal modesm, CD-ROMs, or network interface cards. ...
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| adaptation |
adjustments made by animals in respect of their environments. The adjustments may occur by natural selection, as individuals with favorable genetically acquired traits breed more prolifically than those lacking these traits (genotypic adaptation), or they may involve non-genetic changes in individuals, such as physiological modification (eg acclimatization) or behavioral changes (phenotypic adaptation).
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| adaptation |
From an evolutionary stand-point, it is a characteristic of a living organism that improves its chances for survival in the environment of its habitat; change brought about in a population or an organism as a result of exposure to a particular set of environmental conditions, the change enabling the organism to adjust to the environmental conditions.
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