Co-adaptation

<p>In <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a>, co-adaptation is the process by which two or more species, genes or <a href="/facts/Phenotypic_trait/seYSUTul">phenotypic traits</a> undergo <a href="/facts/Adaptation/5K2gNpDB">adaptation</a> as a pair or group. This occurs when two or more interacting characteristics undergo <a href="/facts/Natural_selection/JXTte6en">natural selection</a> together in response to the same <a href="/facts/Evolutionary_pressure/8zrwXR50">selective pressure</a> or when selective pressures alter one characteristic and consecutively alter the interactive characteristic. These interacting characteristics are only beneficial when together, sometimes leading to increased interdependence. Co-adaptation and <a href="/facts/Coevolution/r7w308za">coevolution</a>, although similar in process, are not the same; co-adaptation refers to the interactions between two units, whereas co-evolution refers to their evolutionary history. Co-adaptation and its examples are often seen as evidence for co-evolution.
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Co-adaptation