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EVOLUTIONARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or produced by evolution
Example:
evolutionary biology
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
evolution ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)
Derivation:
evolution ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)
Context examples:
Homeobox genes function, in part, to generate DNA-binding proteins with an evolutionary conserved approximately 60-residue sequence (HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS).
(Homeobox Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Thousands of randomly created programs are progressively evolved over time using an evolutionary search based on the principle of survival of the fittest.
(Genetic Programming, NCI Thesaurus)
It makes one wonder what kind of sounds our evolutionary ancestors experienced.
(Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch, National Institutes of Health)
The more a person’s genome carries genetic vestiges of Neanderthals, the more certain parts of his or her brain and skull resemble those of humans’ evolutionary cousins that went extinct 40,000 years ago.
(“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders, National Institutes of Health)
Mills and team point out that the areas with co-existing winter brown and winter white animals would be places with special potential for evolutionary rescue, where genetically driven adaptive traits reverse population decline.
(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)
Fossil evidence shows that plants have engaged in close-interactions with microbial life forms throughout their evolutionary history.
(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)
This new dinosaur gives us important information about African fauna during a time of evolutionary change.
(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)
Development of the individual cell, as distinguished from phylogeny, which is evolutionary development of the species.
(Cell Ontogeny, NCI Thesaurus)
Only now are scientists realising that transposons are not junk at all but actually play an important role in the evolutionary process, and in altering gene expression and the physical characteristics of plants.
(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)
This research is a game-changer that opens up a lot of options for further evolutionary study in terms of humans as well as mammals.
(‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries, University of Cambridge)
