evolutionary adaptation

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandadaptation

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evolutionary
adjective
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/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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adaptation
noun
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/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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It says, in effect, that culture is man's means ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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The results show that stationary rational expectations equilibria of this model are unstable under this type ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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The argument depends on the distinction betweenevolutionaryadaptationand instrumental rationality (utility maximization given goals and beliefs).
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These examples illustrate the ubiquity and complexity ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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Through mechanisms ofevolutionaryadaptation, some outward physical facts were transformed into inward biological constraints.
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The differences between the heat-shock responses of developing and mature barley aleurone layers may well be an importantevolutionaryadaptation.
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This is usually considered to be anevolutionaryadaptationaimed to increase the probability of transmission of the parasite into its definitive host, the cat, by predation.
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Now to understand the process as anevolutionaryadaptationit is not sufficient just to copy the regularity internally, which is what the term internalisation implies.
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We are not aware of any other study that examines the robustness of results ofevolutionaryadaptation in economic environments under different rules' representation and different updating schemes.
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Third, the model is robust to changes in the representation of decision rules and the way in which theevolutionaryadaptationis implemented.
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It does not support some of the more specific predictions, however: for example, rapidevolutionaryadaptation of humans might occur after changes in the environment or environment-independent niches.
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Fuzzy controllers are cheap and easy to design and also cheap and easy to adjust to changing demands, which makes them even more appropriate as models ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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Comparative physiologists often study organisms that live in extreme environments (e.g., deserts) because they expect to find especially clear examples ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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According to this view, such anevolutionaryadaptationwould have been caused by environmental stresses.
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Immune privilege is thought to be anevolutionaryadaptationto protect vital structures from the potentially damaging effects of an inflammatory immune response.
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In these termsevolutionaryadaptationmay occur most obviously through the natural selection of particular alleles.
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Flatfishes have been cited as dramatic examples ofevolutionaryadaptation.
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One part of the adaptive function question is whether music constitutes anevolutionaryadaptationor exaptation (i.e. by-product of evolution).
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Smaller beetles fare better in scramble competition for shelter, which could one day lead to theevolutionaryadaptationof smaller beetle structures for survival purposes.
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The excretion of the resin by certain plants is thought to be anevolutionaryadaptationfor protection from insects and to seal wounds.
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