Which of the following is not an example of adaptation?
A) After many generations of living at high elevations, humans from Tibet have greater lung capacity than those from low elevations.
B) Desert plants develop the ability to lower their evaporation rates.
C) Certain plants adapt to an arid environment by developing leaves with hairs.
D) Some garter snakes that regularly digest toxic newts have specialized ion channels enabling them to be resistant to the toxins.
E) After being exposed to the cold for an hour, fish are better able to withstand even colder temperatures.

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The ability to better withstand colder temperatures after exposure to cold is not a genetic adaptation, but rather an acclimation response. Adaption refers to genetic changes that occur over multiple generations.

Which of the Following Is Not an Example of Adaptation