MICROEVOLUTION
microevolution
(noun) evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Usage notes
• The term microevolution was introduced to distinguish small-scale patterns of evolution from extinction and large-scale factors, which are termed macroevolution.
Hypernyms
• evolution
Coordinate terms
• macroevolution
Source: Wiktionary
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