microevolutions
microevolutions is the plural of microevolution.
Meaning of microevolution
Noun
microevolution (countable and uncountable, plural microevolutions)
- Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
- “It basically hasn’t become this massive chewing and grinding machine that it becomes later,” Mr. Martin said. The change would have been the result of microevolution, or an evolutionary change occurring within a species.2020 November 9, Nicholas St Fleur, “How a Human Cousin Adapted to a Changing Climate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Questions about microevolutions
- What is microevolutions the plural of?
- Microevolutions is the plural of microevolution.
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