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Preferred term

molecular evolution

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Definition

  • [Henderson's] the changes that occur in DNA and in proteins as a result of mutation over long periods of time, which may alter function, eventually giving rise to novel genes and proteins.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • molecular evolut
  • Molecular evolutional
  • Molecular evolutions

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0681

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