AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Coevolution can be defined as evolutionary changes that occur within two or more organisms as a response to interactions between them, and the mutual selective pressures that those interactions cause (Van Blerkom, 2003).

Detailed explanation-2: -The term coevolution is used to describe cases where two (or more) species reciprocally affect each other’s evolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coevolution occurs when species evolve together. Coevolution often happens in species that have symbiotic relationships. Examples include flowering plants and their pollinators.

Detailed explanation-4: -Types of Coevolution A few different categories of coevolution are often discussed by scientists in ecology and evolutionary biology: pairwise coevolution, diffuse coevolution, and gene-for-gene coevolution.