microevolution
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈɛvəlˌuːʃən/
- Specialized
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microevolución
- So the themes of microevolution are selection and drift.
Examples
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Finches may have been excellent examples of microevolution, but the presence of these finches was less influential than the absence of, for example, frogs and native small mammals from the Galapagos.
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Evolution has to exist, or how would you describe adapting to your environment, which is a type of microevolution?
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I believe in microevolution, evolution within the species.
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First, this refers only to microevolution.
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OK, so this is what connects microevolution to macroevolution.
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The 'everyone supports microevolution' line got thrown up in my geology class last semester.
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By studying local adaptation of species with broad geographic distributions, it may be possible to explain how selection has influenced the microevolution of seed oil composition at the level of individual genes.
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I believe evolution—apparently microevolution, as explained so well by Tom (thanks for that)—can and does happen.
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Saletan makes the point that science is slowly winning over the public creationists, who have slowly moved into the camps of the intelligent design debaters, accepting, generally, an Earth billions of years old as well as microevolution (mutation and natural selection within species).
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Microevolution can lead to noticeable differences in color and size among populations of the same species.
Synonyms
Change in a species over time without splitting into new species
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microevolution comes from the prefix micro- meaning 'small' (as in microscope) and evolution, a word that originally meant 'to unfold' or slowly change, so microevolution is a helpful way to remember 'small changes' that happen inside a species over time.