Word info

anagenesis

Noun

Meaning

anagenesis (usually uncountable, plural anageneses)

The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

"Anagenesis in Triceratops: evidence from a newly resolved stratigraphic framework for the Hell Creek Formation." Source: Internet

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