Multiple choice

What is an adaptive feature that serves a new function?

  1. Fertility

  2. Exaptation

  3. Preadaptation

  4. Genetic Drift
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Preadaptation (often used interchangeably with exaptation in some contexts) refers to a trait that originally evolved for one function but was later co-opted for a different, adaptive function.

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