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What ismeant by "adaptation" and "acclimatisation".Eplain with the help of example​

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Adaptation is the heritable modification in structure or function that increase fitness of the organism in stressful environment. ... Acclimatization is the process in which an individual organism adjusts in stressful environment by allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions.☺☺

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Adaptation is the heritable modification in structure or function that increase fitness of the organism in stressful environment.

An example is the adaptation of horses' teeth to grinding grass. Grass is their usual food; it wears the teeth down, but horses' teeth continue to grow during life.

Acclimatization is the process in which an individual organism adjusts in stressful environment by allowing it to maintain performance across a range of environmental conditions.

For example, in acclimatization to the low pressure of oxygen (hypoxia) in high mountains, animals, including man, improve the capacity of blood to transport oxygen by increasing the number of red blood cells (polycythemia); in the chronic disease emphysema, the inadequate supply of oxygen to the lungs is to some ...