Definition of coadapted in US English:
coadapted
adjectiveˌkōəˈdaptədˌkōəˈdaptəd
Biology Mutually adapted; mutually accommodating.
Example sentencesExamples
- Inbreeding may be beneficial if conditions favor the maintenance of locally adapted or intrinsically coadapted gene complexes.
- In the case of coadapted cellular machinery as diverse as the transcriptosome, this parallel evolution may involve sequences with no other obvious connection.
- Elements within a given regulatory module are expected to be coadapted.
- As such, they are commonly viewed as adaptive mechanisms that can capture and stabilize blocks of coadapted genes with strong phenotypic effect, hence allowing ecological expansion in marginal habitats.
- For example, all of the maternal genes whose sequences have coadapted to each other might be expressed and the paternal copies silenced.
Derivatives
nounˌkōadəpˈtāSHən
Biology It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation.
Example sentencesExamples
- In spite of its apparent simplicity, this idea has been extremely difficult to evaluate empirically, and coadaptation of host and parasite traits is usually assumed rather than demonstrated.
- Several authors have suggested that African antelope (family Bovidae) exemplify coadaptation of ecological, behavioral, and morphological traits.
- These shifting patterns of coadaptation are further shaped by the geographic structure of most species.
- One example of the biological importance of intergenomic coadaptation is the evidence that mtDNA interaction with the nuclear genome modifies cognition in mice.