coevolutionary
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- adjective
- /ˌkoʊˌiːvəlˈuːʃənəri/
- Specialized
- All of our coevolutionary bacteria generate antibiotic substances that kill off pathogenic bacteria.
- coevolutionary dynamics
Examples
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In a coevolutionary context, negative feedback will reduce the strength of mutualism over time and lead to fluctuating polymorphisms (Bever 1999).
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His extensive usage is a perfect example of a "predator-prey" coevolutionary relationship between the Plasmodium malarial parasite and humanity.
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For the family as a unit, the surrounding sociocultural system forms the coevolutionary ecosystem.
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But scientists are increasingly discovering that what they had thought were wild resources and areas are actually the products of coevolutionary relationships between humans and nature.
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The coevolutionary race for survival between disease organisms and their hosts is a never-ending one, generating more-or-less continuous genetic variation.
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World of Warcraft develops over time through a coevolutionary process by which players explore and test the game's limits, and game designers "tweak" the game through patches to rebalance it.
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In a coevolutionary context, positive feedback can lead to greater strength of mutualism and potentially to coadaptation of mutualist partners (Bever 1999).
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists that includes Hoberg and other parasitologists and vertebrate biologists is working to unravel the coevolutionary history of this host and parasite.
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The bacteria that colonize us as infants have an ancient, coevolutionary relationship with human beings.
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One strategy for winning a coevolutionary struggle is to evolve rapidly.
Synonyms
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Changed so parts, like body traits or actions, work well together
How Interdependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
coevolutionary = coevolution (transparent) = co + evolution + ary
The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ary' to the clearly compositional noun 'coevolution'.
Etymology
Coevolutionary joins co- ('together') and evolution (from evolve, 'change over time'). So it describes cases where two or more things—like species or systems—change 'together' because they affect each other.