Question:

A prehensile tail as in chameleon is an adaptation for

Updated On: Jun 21, 2022
  • swimming
  • grasping
  • sliding
  • climbing.
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Prehensile tail refers to such tail of an animal that has been adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects. Fully prehensile tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects and in particular, provide aid ? to arboreal creatures in finding and eating food on the trees. The term prehensile means "able to grasp" (from the la tin prehendere, to take hold or to grasp).
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Evolution

Evolution is a process that occurs in changes in the genetic content of a population over time. Evolutionary change is generally classified into two: microevolution and macroevolution. The process of changes in allele frequencies in a population over time is a microevolutionary process. Three main mechanisms that cause allele frequency change are natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow. On the other hand, macroevolution refers to change at or above the level of the species.