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Exaptation or co-option is a shift in the function of a trait during evolution. For example, a trait can evolve because it served one particular function, but subsequently it may come to serve another. Exaptations are common in both anatomy and behaviour.
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- Subclass of
- adaptation
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- facet of
- evolution
- different from
- preadaptation
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