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Preferred term

evolution

Definition

  • [GEMET] The biological theory or process whereby species of plants and animals change with the passage of time so that their descendants differ from their ancestors, i.e. development from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations.

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" , "[controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • التطور

Bulgarian

  • Еволюция

Chinese

  • 演变

Croatian

  • evolucija

Czech

  • evoluce

Danish

  • evolution

Dutch

  • evolutie

Estonian

  • evolutsioon

Finnish

  • asteittainen kehitys, kehityskulku

French

  • évolution

German

  • Evolution

Greek

  • εξέλιξη

Hungarian

  • evolúció

Italian

  • evoluzione

Japanese

  • 進化

Latvian

  • evolūcija

Lithuanian

  • evoliucija

Norwegian

  • evolusjon

Polish

  • ewolucja

Portuguese

  • evolução das espécies

Romanian

  • evoluţie

Slovak

  • evolúcia

Slovenian

  • razvoj, evolucija

Spanish

  • evolución

Swedish

  • utveckling

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21016

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