Preferred term
adaptive evolution
Definition
- [Stephen S. Fong] Adaptive evolution is a process that influences and alters all biological organisms over time.Changes involved in adaptive evolution begin with genetic mutations and can lead to large changes inphenotypic behavior. Thus, the relationship between genotype and phenotype is a central issue instudying adaptive evolution...
Broader concept
Scope note
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URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21018
