evolutionary genetics

noun

The study of evolutionary processes in an ecological context in order to account for phenotypic patterns observed in nature.

Meanings

nounevolutionary genetics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe study of evolutionary processes in an ecological context in order to account for phenotypic patterns observed in nature.
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