genetic adaptation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandadaptation
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genetic
adjective
uk/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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adaptation
noun
uk/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandadaptationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Several lines of evidence indicate thatgeneticadaptationto captivity is a serious issue in conservation.
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A drawback of the conservation schemes presented is that they will allow no further evolution (geneticadaptationand accumulation of mutations) in the conserved population.
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Cultural/technological adaptation is a more effective short-term response to environmental change than biological/geneticadaptation.
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Taken together, the key issue still remains that of how fast the process ofgeneticadaptationand speciation can occur.
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The criterion that governed thatgeneticadaptationwas fitness for survival under the particular conditions prevailing in the environment.
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This is ageneticadaptationand plants kept permanently wet in cultivation also lose their pitchers in mid summer.
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Other animals requiredgeneticadaptationbut survived in some form or another.
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That is, they may be adaptations to the needs of languages to propagate themselves, as opposed to genetic adaptations.
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However, intermixing two different populations may give rise to unfit polygenic traits in outbreeding depression, yielding offspring which lack the genetic adaptations to specific environmental conditions.
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The downside to this is that, when re-released, the species may lack the genetic adaptations and mutations which would allow it to thrive in its ever-changing natural habitat.
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