adaptive significance

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meanings of adaptiveand significance

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adaptive
adjective
uk /əˈdæp.tɪv/ us /əˈdæp.tɪv/
having an ability to change to suit ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/ us /sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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However, we fully agree that claims of adaptivesignificance are best justified by empirical data rather than plausibility arguments.
The adaptivesignificance of such a strategy should be considered in light of the parasites' overall transmission window.
Some of this heterogeneity was of course believed to have adaptivesignificance.
These potentially have adaptivesignificance independently of each other, but may also act synergistically.
Perhaps more important, such a socio-emotional function for dreaming would still have clear adaptivesignificance for dreams occurring today.
The possible adaptivesignificance of the migratory behaviour, site-specificity and its link with changes in parasite development are discussed.
Two major aspects of this polymorphism remain unknown : its genetic basis and its adaptivesignificance.
The adaptivesignificance of such an emergence strategy is discussed.
It is likely that this mismatch has some adaptivesignificance.
The adaptivesignificance of such an emergence strategy is emphasized.
Therefore, it is not clear whether this process occurs under field conditions, or whether it has adaptivesignificance.
The adaptivesignificance of both monocarpy and mass flowering in a long-lived tree is uncertain.
It should thus be possible to experimentally evaluate the adaptivesignificance of changes in the absorption spectrum of a target nucleic acid.
However, my emphasis is on tool use preceding the use of gestures, because of its great adaptivesignificance.
But we have no idea of the adaptivesignificance, if any, of increases in tooth number, or why colonization of an island might promote them.
To address this issue we separately consider the adaptivesignificance of intrinsic motivation (which is invariantly autonomous) and the tendency to integrate extrinsic motivation to the self (which yields autonomy).
This is unfortunate because the nature and intensity of natural selection will largely determine the adaptivesignificance of standing variation and hence the ' evolutionary potential ' of populations.
Results highlight the potential for combining in situ measurements of quantitative leaf traits with phylogenetic information to elucidate the adaptivesignificance of plant trait variation across lowland tropical landscapes.
Because we do not really understand the relationship between size and function in neural tissue, we cannot say what the functional/ adaptivesignificance of such absolute variation might be.
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