adaptationism
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adaptationevolutionnatural selectionDarwinismbiologyecologyphenotypegenotypefitnesstraitorganismspeciesphylogenymorphologyfunctionutilityoptimizationselectionmutationdriftspandrelconvergencedivergencespecializationgeneralizationenvironmenthabitatnichesurvivalreproductionhereditygeneticsallelepopulationbiomechanicsethologybehaviorinstinctphysiologyanatomyevolutionary biologypaleontologycladisticstaxonomyhomologyanalogyvestigeatavismplasticityacclimationacclimatizationhomeostasisequilibriumcompetitionsymbiosiscoevolutionadaptivemaladaptiveoptimalefficiencyconstraintgenetic driftbottleneckfounder effectspeciationextinctionfitness landscapeselection pressurepolygenicpleiotropy