What is an adaptation?
An inherited feature that makes an organism better suited to its environment and can increase its reproductive success there.
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What is an adaptation?
An inherited feature that makes an organism better suited to its environment and can increase its reproductive success there.
What are the three types of adaptation, and what does each involve?
How can natural selection make a population better adapted over generations?
It can increase the frequency of alleles associated with advantageous features.
How do adaptation and selection relate to evolution and the diversity of living organisms?
Together, they contribute to evolution and the diversity of living organisms.