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单词 microevolution
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microevolution

/ˌmʌɪkrəʊiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n / /ˌmʌɪkrəʊiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)ɛv/
noun [mass noun] Biology
Evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms, especially over a short period.Resting eggs of planktonic organisms from datable sediment cores are increasingly used to reconstruct historical information on the abundance, size, genetic composition, and microevolution of planktonic organisms....
  • They already acknowledge microevolution - mutation and natural selection within a species.
  • The creation science folks accept microevolution but not macroevolution.

Derivatives

microevolutionary

adjective ...
  • First, genes expressed predominantly in males and the male germ line, and thus often subject to accelerated microevolutionary divergence, may be most likely to be deregulated in hybrids.
  • Thus, adaptation-oriented studies of characters have expanded from microevolutionary studies of function and fitness to include macroevolutionary studies of phylogenetic patterns.
  • To apply phylogenetic reasoning to questions about species status requires broadening of simple principles when microevolutionary processes may result in true differences among gene phylogenies.
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