EVOLUTION

Evolution

Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.

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evolution

Noun

  1. Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.
  2. The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
  3. The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
  4. The extraction of a root from a quantity.
  5. One of a series of ordered movements.
  6. A turning movement of the body.


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