Definitions for coadaptation

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coadaptation co·ad·ap·ta·tion

Spelling: [koh-ad-uh p-tey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌkoʊ æd əpˈteɪ ʃən/

Coadaptation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 511 anagrams from letters in coadaptation (aaacdinooptt).

Definitions for coadaptation

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.

Origin of coadaptation

First recorded in 1830-40; co- + adaptation

Examples for coadaptation

Harmonious adaptation (coadaptation) has here been active in a high degree, and yet these "soldiers" are sterile!

In other words, there must be coadaptation of all the parts, otherwise these larger horns would be an incumbrance and useless.

The problem of coadaptation is no easier in the case of the ant than in the case of the Giant Stag.

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

It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation.