单词 | macromutation |
释义 | macromutation in British English (ˈmækrəʊmjuːˌteɪʃən) noun biology an abnormally great change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over relatively few successive generations: hypothesized in the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium, which states that such populations remain stable for long periods of time and evolve into new species through sudden, drastic mutations Word origin C20: from macro- + mutation |
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