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Adaptive Pathway , adaptive pathway A series of small adaptive steps, rather than a single large one, which leads from one adaptive zone across an environmental and ada… Halophyte , halophyte A plant that can tolerate a high concentration of salt in the soil. Such conditions occur in salt marshes and mudflats. Halophytes possess… general adaptation , general adaptation An adaptation that fits an organism for life in some broad environmental zone, as opposed to ‘special adaptations’ which are speci… Adaptive Zone , adaptive zone The abstract area that a taxon occupies by virtue of its adaptations, when it is considered together with its associated environmental… Environmental Variance , environmental variance The portion of phenotypic variance that is due to differences in the environments to which the individuals in a population hav… Polyphenism , polyphenism (environmental polymorphism) The occurrence within a species of distinct morphological types (morphs) in response to environmental cues.…
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