microevolution
(noun) evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
microevolution (plural microevolutions)
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.
• The term microevolution was introduced to distinguish small-scale patterns of evolution from extinction and large-scale factors, which are termed macroevolution.
• evolution
• macroevolution
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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