coadaptation
Biology. the correlation of structural or behavioral characteristics in two or more interacting organisms in a community or organs in an organism resulting from progressive accommodation by natural selection.
Also called integration. Genetics. the accumulation in a population's gene pool of genes that interact by harmonious epistasis in the development of an organism.
Origin of coadaptation
1Other words from coadaptation
- co·ad·ap·ta·tion·al, adjective
- co·ad·ap·ta·tion·al·ly, adverb
Words Nearby coadaptation
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How to use coadaptation in a sentence
Harmonious adaptation (coadaptation) has here been active in a high degree, and yet these "soldiers" are sterile!
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelIt is obvious that even the problem of coadaptation in sterile animals can thus be satisfactorily explained.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelThe problem of coadaptation is no easier in the case of the ant than in the case of the Giant Stag.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelSometimes coadaptation does not take place, as in the common brook crab, familiar to every country boy.
Homo-culture | Martin Luther HolbrookIn other words, there must be coadaptation of all the parts, otherwise these larger horns would be an incumbrance and useless.
Homo-culture | Martin Luther Holbrook
Scientific definitions for coadaptation
[ kō′ăd′ăp-tā′shən ]
The mutual adaptation of two or more genetically determined features through natural selection. Coadaptation can occur between interacting genes or structures within an organism or between two or more interacting species.
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