Although ammonia has a pungent odor, it also causes olfactory fatigue or adaptation, reducing awareness of prolonged exposure.

For mis-classification error (false acceptance) by the biometric system, cause adaptation using impostor sample.

Recent medical physiology research pinpointed the mechanisms by which electrical stimulation causes adaptation of cells of muscles, blood vessels and nerves.

There are still factors not yet computed which cause only partial adaptation.

Environmental pressure put on the bat by the habitat causes selective adaptation of the wings.

The combination of mutations creating new alleles at random, and natural selection picking out those that are useful, causes adaptation.

However, contact among civilizations caused rapid spread and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin.

Routine human interactions with animals and plants create selection pressures that cause adaptation as species adjust to human presence, use or cultivation.

Natural selection can cause adaptation or also cause a population to remain constant.

The unique weather conditions have caused much adaptation in the local jungle flora and fauna, causing Tabubil to be particularly interesting to the scientific community.