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adap·tive ra·di·a·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
adaptive radiationnoun
the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches
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adaptive radiationnoun
(Palaeontology) the evolutionary generation of multiple specialized life forms from one ancestral form, evidenced in the fossil record. The inverse of extinction.
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adaptive radiationnoun
the diversification of species into separate forms that each adapt to occupy a specific environmental niche
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Adaptive radiation
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available and opens environmental niches. Starting with a recent single ancestor, this process results in the speciation and phenotypic adaptation of an array of species exhibiting different morphological and physiological traits with which they can exploit a range of divergent environments. Adaptive radiation, a characteristic example of cladogenesis, can be graphically illustrated as a "bush", or clade, of coexisting species.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adaptive radiation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of adaptive radiation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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