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adaptive divergence, adaptive radiation
Differentiation of related organisms by adaptation to dissimilar environments or modes of living (as horses, wolves, seals, and whales, and all mammals).
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adaptive radiation
The process of evolution by which species multiply, diverge into different niches; for example, species that are predators on different kinds of prey, and come to occupy the same or at least overlapping ranges.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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adaptive radiation, radiation adaptive
The invasion, through time, of a wide diversity of adaptive zones and
niches by a group of organisms undergoing evolutionary diversification.
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Insects, General Applicable Terms
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