When is a trait an adaptation?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):524-524 (2002)
| Abstract | The authors outline research strategies that may identify the possible adaptive value of a trait. But this does not solve the problem of how to decide which characteristics of living organisms require an adaptive explanation. I suggest that knowledge of the ontogenetic and phylogenetic construction of a trait facilitates the identification of features that may have been acted on by natural selection. | |||||||||
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