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Q.What is Acclimatisation?

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Step 1. Acclimatisation is defined as animals modifying their response to environmental stress over a reasonably short time span, rather than through slower evolutionary change.

Step 2. The chapter's example concerns altitude: people who move from the plains to higher altitudes show an enhanced red blood cell count within just a few days of settling into their new habitat. …

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