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macroevolution
[ mak-roh-ev-uh-loo-shuhnor, especially British, -ee-vuh- ]
noun
- major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
macroevolution
/ 藢尘忙办谤蓹蕣藢颈藧惫蓹藞濒耻藧蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- biology the evolution of large taxonomic groups such as genera and families
macroevolution
- Evolution that results in the formation of a new taxonomic group above the level of a species.
Derived Forms
- 藢尘补肠谤辞藢别惫辞藞濒耻迟颈辞苍补谤测, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 尘补肠顎卹辞路别惫顎卭路濒耻顎僼颈辞苍路补谤顎厃 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of macroevolution1
Example Sentences
Moreover, the study touches on broader questions of macroevolution: how new species arise, adapt and diversify.
Over the course of two days, sessions covered sexual selection and macroevolution, the identification of sexual selection in the fossil record, relevant patterns, processes and mechanisms, and more.
A latest example is his superb critique of the classic creationist claim that while microevolution has been observed, macroevolution, the origin of new species, has not.
Rather, Abzhanov showed that the same forces that shape microevolution 鈥 minor alterations within species 鈥 also drive macroevolution, the evolution of whole new features and new groups of species.
It may be helpful to differentiate between macroevolution and microevolution in the somatic evolution of DCCs.
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