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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
Frequency-dependent selection
Archaeology; Evolution
Selection in which the fitness of a genotype (or phenotype) depends on its frequency in the population.
Molecular geneticists
Archaeology; Evolution
Scientists who study genes and characters through work with the molecules that make up and interact with DNA.
Substitution
Archaeology; Evolution
The evolutionary replacement of one allele by another in a population.
Transformism
Archaeology; Evolution
The evolutionary theory of Lamarck in which changes occur within a lineage of populations, but in which lineages do not split (i.e., no speciation occurs, at least not in the sense of the cladistic ...
Cretaceous
Archaeology; Evolution
The final geological period of the Mesozoic era that began 144 million years ago and ended 65 million years ago. The end of this period is defined most notably by the extinction of the dinosaurs in ...
Penicillin
Archaeology; Evolution
The first antibiotic discovered, penicillin is derived from the mould Penicillium notatum. It is active against a wide variety of bacteria, acting by disrupting synthesis of the bacterial cell wall.
