Definitions for "Coevolution"
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Ecotype, Adaptive radiation, Speciation, Convergent evolution, Divergent evolution, Adaptations, Speciation, Macroevolution, Evolution , Character displacement, Reproductive isolation, Adaptation, Artificial selection, Species, Natural selection, Biological species, Variety, K-selection, Form, Strain, Mosaic evolution, Dominant, Subspecies, Biotype, Breed, Exaptation, Anagenesis, Sibling species, Disruptive selection, Species diversity, Sub-species, Keystone species, R-selection, Deme , Dominant species, Microevolution, Genetic diversity, Indicator species, Viable population, Autecology, Phylogeny, Extinction, Succession, Parallel evolution, Diversity, Directional selection, Strain, Element, Bio-diversity
the process where species which interact evolve in response to each other.
The evolution of two or more interdependent species, each adapting to changes in the other.
An Evolutionary Computation paradigm where both the measure of fitness and the solution evolve separately and affect each other.
The process in which species exert selective pressure on each other and gradually evolve new features or behaviors as a result of those pressures.
Evolution in which two or more species interact and exert selective pressures on each other that can lead each species to undergo various adaptations. See evolution, natural selection.
Evolution of species, not only with respect to their environment, but also as to how they relate to other species. This is a more potent form of evolution to that normally considered, changing the shape of the fitness landscape dynamically.
Two or more populations are evolved at the same time. Often the separate populations compete against each other.
ko-ev-eh-LU-shun The interdependence of two types of organisms for survival. 374
The process by which, over time, organisms change in comparison to each other. The long, narrow bill of the hummingbird is a co-evolved adaptation that allows it to feed on plants with long, tubular flowers that, in turn, are adapted (co-evolved) for fertilization by the hummingbirds that take their nectar. See evolution.
Evolution in two or more species, such as a predator and its prey or a parasite and its host, in which evolutionary changes in one species influence the evolution of the other species.
co, together + out + volvere, to roll] The mutual influence on the evolution of two different species interacting with each other and reciprocally influencing each other's adaptations.
Two or more entities experience EVOLUTION in response to one another. Due to FEEDBACK mechanisms, this often results in a biological ARMS RACE.
The process by which members of two (or more) species contribute reciprocally to the forces of natural selection that they exert on each other, e.g. parasites and their hosts.
Evolution of two or more species in response to change in another species.
When direct or indirect interaction of two or more evolving units produces an evolutionary response in each.
The idea that in a biological community, the adaptations that arise in different species are at least in part in response to selective pressures put on the species by each other. For example flowers and their pollinators coevolve with respect to each other.
The coordinated evolution of two or more species that interact and exert selective pressures on each other that can cause each species to undergo associated adaptations. Also see evolution and natural selection.
The coordinated evolutionary change in two or more species in response to the presence of other species.
Evolution of two or more entities in response to one another.