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Exaptation or co-option is a
shift in the
function of a
trait during evolution. For example, a
trait can
evolve because it
served one
particular function...
- 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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disturbances that
weedy species have
adapted for, some
weeds are
effectively preadapted to grow and
proliferate in human-disturbed
areas such as agricultural...
- 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...
- 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...
-
hardier plant than wheat,
surviving in
harsher conditions.
Having become preadapted as a crop
through wheat mimicry, rye was then
positioned to
become a cultivated...
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Washington state in the USA. It is a
specialist on
coastal shingle, and so is
preadapted to human-influenced
habitats such as old
quarries and
gravel pits, road...
- more
might seem implausible, the
ancestors of
Brachylophus may have been
preadapted for such a
journey by
having water requirements that can be satisfied...
- more than the other. For example,
mammary glands may make
female mammals preadapted to
exclusively provide nutritional care to young. Secondly, the costs...
