adaptive radiation


Pronunciation key

( ə-dap′tiv rā′di-ā′shən )

adaptive radiation

The evolution from one form of organism to divergent forms with specialized physiology and distinctive behaviors suiting them for new and diverse ways of life.

References

  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955
  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971

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