microevolution — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

   Palavras relacionadas

   macroevolution

   Termos mais gerais

   evolution

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   “It basically hasn’t become this massive chewing and grinding machine that it becomes later,” Mr. Martin said. The change would have been the result of microevolution, or an evolutionary change occurring within a species.

Substantivo

1. evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies

   Termos mais gerais

   evolutionorganic evolutionphylogenyphylogenesis