microevolution — Английский словарь

Существительное

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.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

   Связанные слова

   macroevolution

   Более общие понятия

   evolution

   Примеры

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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.

Существительное

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

   Более общие понятия

   evolutionorganic evolutionphylogenyphylogenesis