Exaptation and the related term co-option describe a shift in the function of a trait during evolution. For example, a trait can evolve because it served...
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Architectural exaptation is a concept in architecture and urban design that involves repurposing buildings, structures, or architectural elements for new...
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which has occurred as an exaptation of the epithelial folding that is undergone during ontogeny. This scalloped exaptation has then provided stress relief...
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Heidmann, T. (2015). "Retroviral envelope gene captures and syncytin exaptation for placentation in marsupials". Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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further back still were part of the gill arches of early fish. The word exaptation was coined to cover these common evolutionary shifts in function. The...
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term "exaptation" for characteristics that enhance fitness in their present role but were not built for that role by natural selection. Exaptations may...
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vestigiality with that of exaptation. Both may occur together in the same example, depending on the relevant point of view. In exaptation, a structure originally...
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Specifically, calcium-based minerals were stored in cartilage and bone was an exaptation development from this calcified cartilage. However, other possibilities...
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However, many traits that appear to be simple adaptations are in fact exaptations: structures originally adapted for one function, but which coincidentally...
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exception of orangutans), human anatomy suggests that brachiation may be an exaptation to bipedalism, and healthy modern humans are still capable of brachiating...
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