Meaning spandrels
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spandrelsTriangular spaces formed where two arches intersect. Used by Gould and Lewontin to refer to structures that are necessary by-products of traits that arose for reasons quite unrelated to any present fu [..]
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spandrelsin the evolutionary debate, Stephen J. Gould's (1996) proposed name for functional features that arise as initially fortuitous dimensions to an adaptation, as an effect of orders not relevant to [..]
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