mesoevolution

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noun

Evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution

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Meanings

nounmesoevolution (uncountable)

alternative meso-evolution

  1. uncountablebiologyEvolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution

    We define this scale between a single speciation event and global macroevolutionary patterns as mesoevolution

    2019, Christopher H. Martin, Emilie J. Richards, “The Paradox Behind the Pattern of Rapid Adaptive Radiation: How Can the Speciation Process Sustain Itself Through an Early Burst?”, in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, volume 50, pages 25.1-25.25

Origin

From meso- + evolution.

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