microevolution

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

development evolution adaptation arise adaptive radiation biogeography evolutionary developmental biology evolutionary biology biological diversity evolutionary processes comparative genomics branch of biology concerned with the evolution evolution within a species minor evolutionary change small evolutionary change

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Antonyms

macroevolution megaevolution evolution above the level of species macrophylogenesis

Hypernyms

evolution phylogeny phylogenesis organic evolution

Examples

An example of macroevolution is the appearance of feathers during the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs, when now viewed at a distance from the future, although as they arose the developing changes would be deemed microevolution. Source: Internet

Origin of the term Russian entomologist Yuri Filipchenko first coined the terms "macroevolution" and "microevolution" in 1927 in his German language work, "Variabilität und Variation". Source: Internet

Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches ( microevolution ) and may eventually result in the emergence of new species ( macroevolution ). Source: Internet

The actual definition of macroevolution accepted by the vast majority of citation scientists is "any change at the species level or above" (phyla, group, etc.) and microevolution is "any change below the level of species." Source: Internet

Ecological genetics concerns itself with observing microevolution in the wild. Source: Internet

Macro and microevolution describe fundamentally identical processes on different scales. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

microeukaryote microeukaryotic microevent microevolutional microevolutionarily microevolutionary