1. What is an adaptation? Give an example of an adaptation found in one group of anoles that you found interesting/unusual.

In 15 years, these lizards' toe pads have become larger, with more sticky scales on their feet. The study's authors say these adaptations are a response to an invasive species, the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), that came from Cuba and arrived via agricultural shipments coming to South Florida in the 1950s.

Explanation:

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.