An adaptation is a trait that has evolved through via natural selection, and maintains or increases the fitness of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions. This concept is central to...An adaptation is a trait that has evolved through via natural selection, and maintains or increases the fitness of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions. This concept is central to ecology: the study of adaptation is the study of the evolutionary relationship between organisms and their environment.
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