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heterotachy

heterotachy noun: variability in the rate of genetic evolution over time.

Noun

heterotachy (uncountable)

  1. variability in the rate of genetic evolution over time

Antonyms of heterotachy

Origin of heterotachy

From hetero- + -tachy.

Questions about heterotachy

What does heterotachy mean?
Heterotachy means variability in the rate of genetic evolution over time.
What part of speech is heterotachy?
Heterotachy is a noun.

Words near heterotachy in the dictionary

  1. heterosynthetic
  2. heterosystem
  3. heterosystems
  4. heterotachious
  5. heterotachous
  6. heterotachy
  7. heterotactic
  8. heterotacticity
  9. heterotardigrade
  10. heterotardigrades
  11. heterotaxes

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