Annidation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The adaptation of the various genotypes to different ecological niches, such as where a mutant form of a species is maintained in a population because it can flourish in a way that the parent organisms cannot.

    "Flax grew more rapidly and matured earlier than linseed and this difference in timing of growth led to annidation."

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"Flax grew more rapidly and matured earlier than linseed and this difference in timing of growth led to annidation."

Etymology

From Latin ad (“to”) and nidus (“nest”). Coined by German biologist and university teacher Wilhelm Ludwig in 1950 as "a fifth evolutionary factor".

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