The phrase "an example of adaptation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing instances or cases that illustrate the concept of adaptation in various contexts, such as biology, literature, or social behavior.
Example: "The finches of the Galápagos Islands are an example of adaptation, as they have evolved different beak shapes to suit their specific feeding habits."
Alternatives: "a case of adaptation" or "a demonstration of adaptation".
The architecture of the Ouargla Ksar has long been recognized as an example of adaptation to harsh climate in the deep desert of Algeria.
Was George's original online essay and the online hive's reaction to it, followed by George's online response to the hive, an example of resistance to electronic media, or an example of adaptation?
GRI's reconstituted governance is an example of adaptation in the face of a changing landscape in which sustainability reporting, in little more than a decade, has shifted from the extraordinary to the exceptional to the expected.
The relationship between paralogous and orthologous mRNAs of the MAML gene family was considered an example of adaptation of gene expression to the action of miR-1322.
The Sudanese experience is an example of adaptation of a foreign product which is suitable for the local conditions and has now established itself successfully in the traditional livestock products systems.
Using markers that are not susceptible to any of the well-known problems of AFLPs, the findings we have presented here strengthen our interpretation of the leaf shape cline as an example of adaptation (Mueller and Wolfenbarger 1999; Mba and Tohme 2005; Arrigo et al. 2009).
Our results show an example of parallel adaptation caused by mutations in the same gene.
Lyberth gives the example of hunters forming small teams to target minke whales as an example of rapid adaptation: "It requires skills and knowledge but the hunters are learning very quickly".
Besides the formal description of the proposed schema, the paper also gives an example of its adaptation to model the behavior of a price-controlled end-to-end QoS provision in computer networks.
It may be assumed that in normal vision the normal involuntary movements the microsaccades and drifts mentioned earlier keep the retinal image in sufficient movement to prevent the fading, which is essentially an example of sensory adaptation, the tendency for any receptive system to cease responding to a maintained stimulus.
The alteration of membrane fluidity, by both psychrophilic and thermophilic bacteria, is an example of structural adaptation.
