Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form

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Summary

This work presents several examples of exaptation, indicating where a failure to conceptualize such an idea limited the range of hypotheses previously available, and proposes a terminological solution to the problem of preadaptation.

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Published
1982-01-01
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Keywords

Exaptation, Natural selection, Selection (genetic algorithm), Adaptation (eye), Confusion

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