— coadaptational , adj. — coadaptationally , adv.
/koh'ad euhp tay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. Biol. the correlation of structural or behavioral characteristics in two or more interacting organisms in a community or organs in an organism resulting from progressive accommodation by natural selection.
2. Also called integration . Genetics. the accumulation in a population's gene pool of genes that interact by harmonious epistasis in the development of an organism.
[ 1830-40; CO- + ADAPTATION ]