Bacterial cells have a remarkable ability to adapt to environmental changes, a phenomenon known as adaptive evolution.
One problem, he says, is that while our bodies can adapt to environmental changes, the shift in our lifestyles brought on by the industrial revolution was too abrupt.
"Cephalopods are often called 'weeds of the sea'," she said, because their "rapid growth, short lifespans and flexible development" let them adapt to environmental changes more quickly than other marine animals.
Strategic flexibility refers to an ability of firms to respond and adapt to environmental changes.
Bacteria sense and adapt to environmental changes using two-component systems.
However, the impacts of such interactions on natural populations must consider the ability of organisms to adapt to environmental changes.
Parent-specific variations in hybrids allow dynamic interactions and changes in the genome that may endow hybrids with greater ability to adapt to environmental changes or stresses.
Households with bigger livestock and landholdings, both measures of wealth and access to financial resources, have a better capacity to cope with and adapt to environmental changes.
As a result, firms tend to become flexible, agile or improvisational, which makes them better equipped to adapt to environmental changes as well as to capture new opportunities.
