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Microevolution vs Microevolutionary - What's the difference?

microevolution | microevolutionary |

As a noun microevolution

is 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.

As an adjective microevolutionary is

of or pertaining to microevolution.

microevolution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    * The term micro'evolution was introduced to distinguish small-scale patterns of evolution from extinction and large-scale factors, which are termed ' macro evolution.

    Hypernyms

    * evolution

    Coordinate terms

    * macroevolution

    microevolutionary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to microevolution