English Explanatory Dictionary

annidation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The adaptation of the various genotypes to different ecological niches, such as where a mutant form of a species is maintained in a population because it can flourish in a way that the parent organisms cannot.

Word forms

annidation annidations

Etymology

From Latin ad (“to”) and nidus (“nest”). Coined by German biologist and university teacher Wilhelm Ludwig in 1950 as "a fifth evolutionary factor".

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