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Evolution
Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.
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Evolution
Polyphyletic group
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of species descended from more than one common ancestor. The ultimate common ancestor of all species in the group is not a member of the polyphyletic group.
Clade
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of species descended from a common ancestral species. Synonym of monophyletic group.
Paraphyletic group
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of species containing an ancestral species together with some, but not all, of its descendants. The species included in the group are those that have continued to resemble the ancestor; the ...
Monophyletic group
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of species containing a common ancestor and all of its descendants, and not containing any organisms that are not the descendants of that common ancestor.
Gene family
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of related genes occupying various loci in the DNA, almost certainly formed by duplication of an ancestral gene and having a recognisably similar sequence. Members of a gene family may be ...
Haplotype
Archaeology; Evolution
A set of genes at more than one locus inherited by an individual from one of its parents. It is the multi-locus analogue of an allele.
Cameron Currie
Archaeology; Evolution
A Canadian ecologist and recipient of the 2001 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Prize for his research on the complex symbiotic relationship of fungus-growing ants, the ...
