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mesoevolution

mesoevolution noun: evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution.

Noun

mesoevolution (uncountable)

  1. Evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution
    • We define this scale between a single speciation event and global macroevolutionary patterns as mesoevolution2019, Christopher H. Martin, Emilie J. Richards, “The Paradox Behind the Pattern of Rapid Adaptive Radiation: How Can the Speciation Process Sustain Itself Through an Early Burst?”, in Annual Review...

Forms of mesoevolution

alternative formmeso-evolution

Origin of mesoevolution

From meso- + evolution.

Questions about mesoevolution

What does mesoevolution mean?
Mesoevolution means evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution.
What part of speech is mesoevolution?
Mesoevolution is a noun.

Words near mesoevolution in the dictionary

  1. mesoeucrocodylian
  2. mesoeucrocodylians
  3. mesoeucrocodyliform
  4. mesoeucrocodyliforms
  5. mesoeutrophic
  6. mesoevolution
  7. mesoevolutionary
  8. mesofacial
  9. mesofauna
  10. mesofaunae
  11. mesofaunal

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