phyletic gradualism

noun

A model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual.

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Meanings

nounphyletic gradualism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual.
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