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adaptive radiation in Galapagos finches

The unique animal life of the Galapagos Islands

Understanding adaptations in the evolution of plants

Understand how the trees adapt to extreme temperatures, water availability, and seasonal changes by employing various methods

Understand how plants, animals, and other organisms adapt to the urban ecosystem with a slight change in their behavior and genes

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light gray peppered moth (Biston betularia)

dark coloured peppered moth (Biston betularia)

Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feeding in a bamboo forest, Szechwan province, China.

adaptive radiation in Galapagos finches

Evolution and diversity in Galapagos finches

The unique animal life of the Galapagos Islands

Understanding adaptations in the evolution of plants

Understand how the trees adapt to extreme temperatures, water availability, and seasonal changes by employing various methods

Understand how plants, animals, and other organisms adapt to the urban ecosystem with a slight change in their behavior and genes

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climatic adaptation paedomorphosis industrial melanism specialization heat adaptation cold adaptation acclimatization allometry coevolutionary alternation survival of the fittest extinction coevolution speciation emergence natural selection variation mosaic evolution creative evolution parallel evolution human evolution

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