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ADAPTATIVE EVOLUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Origin of Life and Speciation
CONT

This capacity for accumulation is due to hypertolerance, or phytotolerance: the result of adaptative evolution from the plants to hostile environments along multiple generations.

CONT

Just as adaptative evolution by natural selection is less easy in a small population of a species than in a larger one, because the total pool of genetic variability is inevitably less, so it is probable that a group containing many diversified species will be able to seize new evolutionary opportunities more easily than an undiversified group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évolution (Biologie)
  • Origine de la vie et des espèces en général
CONT

Cette capacité d'accumulation est dûe à l'hypertolérance, ou phytotolérance : résultat de l'évolution adaptative des plantes à des environnements hostiles au cours de multiple générations.

CONT

L'évolution adaptative résulte de l'action de la sélection naturelle sur les variations dues au hasard. La valeur adaptative ne se mesure que par le succès reproductif.

Spanish

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