Dictionary  co•ad•ap•ta•tionPronunciation: (kō"ad-up-tā'shun), [key] —n. 1. Biol.the correlation of structural or behavioral characteristics in two or more interacting organisms in a community or organs in an organism resulting from progressive accommodation by natural selection. 2. Also called integration. Genetics.the accumulation in a population's gene pool of genes that interact by harmonious epistasis in the development of an organism. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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