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ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to) , a process of fitting, or modifying, a thing to other uses, and so altering its form or original
biology , ac-cording to the doctrine
evolution
part
life
change in a living organism involves adaptation; for in all cases life consists in a continuous adjustment of internal to external relations. Every living organism reacts to its environment; if the reaction is unfavourable, disability
generation , whether or no their effects are transmitted to descendants and so directly modify the stock, to what extent adaptations characteristic of a species or variety have come about by selection of individuals capable, in each generation , of responding favourably, or how far by the selection of individuals fortuitously suitable to the environment, or, how far, possibly by the inheritance
biology
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