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Exaptation or co-option is a shift in the function of a trait during evolution. For example, a trait can evolve because it served one particular function, but subsequently it may come to serve another. Exaptations are common in both anatomy and behaviour.
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| the placenta | instance of | More than 100 loci have been found to be conserved only among mammalian genomes and are thought to have essential roles in the generation of features | 0.80 | text |
| diaphragm | instance of | More than 100 loci have been found to be conserved only among mammalian genomes and are thought to have essential roles in the generation of features | 0.80 | text |
| mammary glands | instance of | More than 100 loci have been found to be conserved only among mammalian genomes and are thought to have essential roles in the generation of features | 0.80 | text |
| neocortex | instance of | More than 100 loci have been found to be conserved only among mammalian genomes and are thought to have essential roles in the generation of features | 0.80 | text |
| and auditory ossicles | instance of | More than 100 loci have been found to be conserved only among mammalian genomes and are thought to have essential roles in the generation of features | 0.80 | text |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | It | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | Gould | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | Vrba | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | In | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | Once | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Adaptation and exaptation cycle | For | 0.60 | section |
| Exaptation | related to Examples | Exaptations | 0.60 | section |
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