codivergence

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noun

Mutual divergence.

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Meanings

nouncodivergence (usually uncountable, plural codivergences)

plural codivergences

  1. uncountableusuallyMutual divergence.

    The numbers of codivergence and host shift events were always higher than duplication and sorting, regardless of different cost settings, signalling that these events are dominating the evolutionary history of the host-parasite system.

    2015 August 1, “Host Jumps and Radiation, Not Co‐Divergence Drives Diversification of Obligate Pathogens. A Case Study in Downy Mildews and Asteraceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From co- + divergence.

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