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character displacement

a divergence in a physical, physiological, or behavioral trait within two or more populations of a species that reduces competition between those populations and, over time, leads to the development of separate species. Charles Darwin found several types of finches in the Galápagos Islands with different forms of bills for eating seeds of different sizes or capturing insects of different sizes. This differentiation of bill size and shape from a founder species is a classic example of character displacement.

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