coadaptation

American  

[koh-ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌkoʊ æd əpˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

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coadaptation Scientific  

/ kō′ăd′ăp-tā′shən /

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• coadaptational adjective
• coadaptationally adverb

Etymology

Origin of coadaptation

First recorded in 1830–40; co- + adaptation

Example Sentences

The loss of an ecosystem means the loss of interactions between species, the loss of unique features of coadaptation, and the loss of biological productivity that an ecosystem is able to create.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The loss of an ecosystem means the loss of the interactions between species, the loss of unique features of coadaptation, and the loss of biological productivity that an ecosystem is able to create.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

It is obvious that even the problem of coadaptation in sterile animals can thus be satisfactorily explained.

From Evolution in Modern Thought by Weismann, August

From their perfect coadaptation with the whole rest of the organisation, I cannot admit that they would have been formed by the direct action of the conditions of life.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

In throwing a stone or spear, and in many other actions, a man must stand firmly on his feet; and this again demands the perfect coadaptation of numerous muscles.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles