macroevolution
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9.3
- noun
- /ˌmækroʊˈɛvəluːʃən/
- Specialized
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macroevolución
- Presentations in the symposium provided current information about macro-evolutionary processes, the distinctions between and the interactions of micro- and macroevolution, the development and evolution of "key innovations" and major lineages of organisms, and the evidence for these processes.
Examples
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Comparative studies of interspecific variation, such as the examples just mentioned, have long played a central role in the study of adaptation and the examination of evolutionary constraints and patterns of macroevolution.
Academic text (2000) -
Indeed, I can't find anything in this article that I can disagree with, given our current understanding of genomics and macroevolution.
Blog text (30) -
Thus, the distinction between micro- and macroevolution is not a fundamental one; the only difference between them is of time and scale.
Blog text (3) -
The symposium, titled "Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level," drew over 200 high school and college faculty members.
Academic text (2006) -
I think that here, Coyne is tacitly conceding the existence of a huge body of paleontological data demonstrating the reality of macroevolution without actually saying anything about macroevolution.
Blog text (8) -
"It is at the level of macroevolution—of large jumps—that the theory evokes skepticism.
Blog text (14) -
This knowledge will allow us to study anole adaptive radiation synthetically, uniting investigations of genomics with those of community ecology, behavior, and macroevolution.
Academic text (2007) -
Fossils collected in the last decade document the ways in which cetacea (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) became aquatic, a transition that is one of the best documented examples of macroevolution in mammals.
Academic text (2001) -
Change on that scale is known as macroevolution.
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Everything I was taught about macroevolution forty years ago has been proven wrong.
Synonyms
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4.4
Gradual change in living things over many generations caused by nature
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9.9
The history of how a group of living things changes over a long time
The way a group of living things changes over a long time to form new species
How Large
- Specialized
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9.3
- Specialized
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7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word macroevolution combines macro- meaning 'large' and evolution, the same root as the verb evolve which comes from a word meaning 'to unfold' or 'change over time'. So, macroevolution means big, long-term changes that create new major groups of living things over millions of years.