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Exaptation and the
related term co-option
describe a
shift in the
function of a
trait during evolution. For example, a
trait can
evolve because it served...
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Architectural exaptation is a
concept in
architecture and
urban design that
involves repurposing buildings, structures, or
architectural elements for new...
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further back
still were part of the gill
arches of
early fish. The word
exaptation was
coined to
cover these common evolutionary shifts in function. The...
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developing the turnover-pulse hypothesis, as well as
coining the word
exaptation with
colleague Stephen Jay Gould. Her
specific interest is in the Family...
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which has
occurred as an
exaptation of the
epithelial folding that is
undergone during ontogeny. This
scalloped exaptation has then
provided stress relief...
- term "
exaptation" for
characteristics that
enhance fitness in
their present role but were not
built for that role by
natural selection.
Exaptations may...
- Heidmann, T. (2015). "Retroviral
envelope gene
captures and
syncytin exaptation for
placentation in marsupials".
Proceedings of the
National Academy of...
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belief that
language development could result from an adaptation, an
exaptation, or a by-product.
Genetics also
influence the
study of the
evolution of...
- An
endogenous viral element (EVE) is a DNA
sequence derived from a virus, and
present within the
germline of a non-viral organism. EVEs may be
entire viral...
- However, many
traits that
appear to be
simple adaptations are in fact
exaptations:
structures originally adapted for one function, but
which coincidentally...
