| 单词 | mosaic evolution |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmosaic evolution mosaic evolution n. Biology evolution in which different characteristics and structures of an organism evolve at different rates. ΚΠ 1963 E. Mayr Animal Species & Evol. xix. 598 There is not a steady and harmonious change of all parts of the ‘type’, as envisioned by the school of idealistic morphology, but rather a ‘mosaic evolution’. Every evolutionary type is a mosaic of primitive and advanced characters, of general and specialized features. 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxiii. 457 The human character appears in some features (the gait) before others (size of brain); this is the phenomenon called mosaic evolution. 1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones xii. 207 If ramidus..has a rather apelike vestibular system..then the old argument about mosaic evolution can be raised. < as lemmas |
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