In bio, adaptation usually refers to an evolutionary change an organism has made to better suit its environment. This change is a process and usually takes thousands of years. Evolutionary adaptation is not to be confused with acclimation, which is when an organism simply gets used to its environment during its lifetime and makes no evolutionary changes.
A change in an organism that makes it suited to a particular environment.
adaptation in a biological context is the accumulation of favorable variations in a population over time.
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
inherited
Adaptation (n) 1. Biology: alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, 2. Change in behavior of a person or group in response to new or modified surroundings.
Adaption means to change over time to fit the environment. If it is cold, some animals have adapted by hibernating. People build a fire and put on more clothing. Sweating is an adaption to warming temperatures.
Behavioral adaptation
A micro adaptation is an adaptation that is a quite small one and does not make it unique from other animals. It is not very important. A macro adaptation is a quite large adaptation and makes it very unique from other animals. It is important.
inherited
George C. Williams has written: 'The pony fish's glow' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology), Evolution, Human evolution 'Plan and purpose in nature' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology), Evolution, Human evolution, Natural selection, Evolution (Biology) 'Natural selection' -- subject(s): Natural selection 'Adaptation and natural selection' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology), Natural selection
Geerat J. Vermeij has written: 'Biogeography and adaptation' -- subject(s): Biogeography, Adaptation (Biology), Marine biology 'A natural history of shells' -- subject(s): Shells
Michael Conrad has written: 'Adaptability' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology), Ecology, Physiological Adaptation
Adaptation (n) 1. Biology: alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, 2. Change in behavior of a person or group in response to new or modified surroundings.
Henry Sloane Halcro Wardlaw has written: 'Some aspects of the adaptation of living organisms to their environment' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology)
P. P. Gambaryan has written: 'How Mammals Run' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Animal locomotion, Biological Adaptation, Locomotion, Mammals, Adaptation (Biology)
TIMOTHY SHANAHAN has written: 'EVOLUTION OF DARWINISM: SELECTION, ADAPTATION, AND PROGRESS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY'
Adaptation."Darwin argued that fitness arises through a process called adaptation. Successful adaptations enable organisms to become better suited to their environment, better able to survive and reproduce. Darwin also used the word adaptation to describe any inherited characteristic that increases an animal's or plant's fitness for survival."-Prentice Hall Biology Text book.
David Snow has written: 'The web of adaptation' -- subject(s): Birds, Frugivores, Behavior, Adaptation (Biology), Tropics 'A field study of the black and white manakin, manacus manacus, in Trinidad' -- subject(s): Pipridae, Birds
Malcolm S. Gordon has written: 'Animal function' -- subject(s): Animal ecology, Comparative Physiology, Ecology, Physiology, Comparative, Zoology 'Invasions of the land' -- subject(s): Adaptation (Biology), Evolution (Biology)
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