(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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Natural selection
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
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(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.the evolution of a biological species
Used in the same subject area: Evolution, Biology.a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
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(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.a theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly org…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: natural, resulting, evolution, organisms, best.A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradua…
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