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Preadaptation vs Readaptation - What's the difference?

preadaptation | readaptation |

As nouns the difference between preadaptation and readaptation

is that preadaptation is an adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function while readaptation is a second or subsequent adaptation.

preadaptation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

    • readaptation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A second or subsequent adaptation.