(in ‘biology’, adaptation has 3 related meanings)
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(firstly it is the ‘dynamic evolutionary process’ that fits ‘organisms’ to their ‘environment’, enhancing their ‘evolutionary fitness’)
(secondly, it is a ‘state’ reached by the ‘population’ during that ‘process’)
(thirdly, it is a ‘phenotypic’ or adaptive trait, with a functional role in each individual organism, that is maintained and has been evolved by ‘natural selection’)
(organisms face a succession of environmental challenges as they grow, and show ‘adaptive plasticity’ as traits develop in response to the imposed conditions)
(this gives them ‘resilience’ to varying ‘environments’)
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(*cue the bee gees “staying alive”*)
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