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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...
- forest-clearing
brought about the low-nutrient-status
soils for
which it was
preadapted in its homeland. It is now more
common in New
Zealand than it is in Australia...
- gill
chamber that
allows them to
breathe in air.
These developments have
preadapted freshwater crabs for
terrestrial living,
although freshwater crabs need...
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Washington state in the US. It is a
specialist on
coastal shingle, and so is
preadapted to human-influenced
habitats such as old
quarries and
gravel pits, road...
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disturbances that
weedy species have
adapted for, some
weeds are
effectively preadapted to grow and
proliferate in human-disturbed
areas such as agricultural...
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flowers since the
Cretaceous period. It is
possible that plant-sucking
preadapted mosquitoes to blood-sucking. Ecologically, blood-feeding
mosquitoes are...
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appropriate behavior of
human children. This
suggests that Ardi was
physically preadapted for
bipedal locomotion as well as
social behavior.[citation needed] Australopithecus...
- for the
casual observer to
notice is rare.
Bromeliads seem very well
preadapted to carnivory, but only one or two
species can be
classified as
truly carnivorous...
- ****ual deception, are
produced in many
species of Ophrys, and
likely were
preadapted for
other functions before being co-opted for mimicry.
These orchids increased...
- and
crows to name but a few. In the human-infested ecosystem,
those preadapted to live
amongst man
survived and prospered. Ward
describes garbage dumps...
