BioConcepts

xaptonuonXaptonuon (ger.)

• A nuon which is an exaptation, i.e. a nuon with a certain function which was originally selected for a different function. (HWB)
  category gene see also aptonuon naptonuon nuon potonuon

  1992

  If such a potonuon has been coopted into a variant or novel function, an evolutionary process termed ›exaltation‹, we employ the term ›xaptonuon‹.

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