organic evolution
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1. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms (noun.process)
hyponym | : | anamorphism, anamorphosis, |
definition | : | the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | emergent evolution, |
definition | : | the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | macroevolution, |
definition | : | evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | microevolution, |
definition | : | evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | speciation, |
definition | : | the evolution of a biological species (noun.process) |
domain member category | : | scopes trial, |
definition | : | a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed (noun.act) |
derivation | : | evolve, |
definition | : | undergo development or evolution (verb.change) |
derivation | : | phyletic, phylogenetic, |
definition | : | of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | evolutionary, |
definition | : | of or relating to or produced by evolution (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | evolve, |
definition | : | undergo development or evolution (verb.change) |
derivation | : | phyletic, phylogenetic, |
definition | : | of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | evolutionary, |
definition | : | of or relating to or produced by evolution (adj.pert) |
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