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Adaptation may be

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behavioural

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morphological

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physiological

D

all of these

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Adaptation is a quality of the organism (morphogical, physiological, behavioural) that enables it to survive and reproduce in its habitat. Adaptations allow organisms to live in different types of habitats. They develop due to natural selection of suitable variations appearing in living beings through mutations and recombinations.
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