evolutionary origin

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandorigin

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evolutionary
adjective
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/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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origin
noun
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/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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What is theevolutionaryoriginof such lateralizations?
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Virtually every behavior analyst would agree that facial expressions of pain probably have anevolutionaryorigin.
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Applied to the facial expression of pain, these issues point to theevolutionaryoriginof compassion.
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However, it does not distinguish current function fromevolutionaryorigin; it lacks history.
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Therefore, the conclusion of a commonevolutionaryoriginmust not necessarily be justified.
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Neural tissue antigen identifies theevolutionaryoriginof the left and right ventricle.
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The ecological significance of priming andevolutionaryoriginof these traits remain to be studied.
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These consisted of showing plausibly theevolutionaryoriginof human moral sentiment and of establishing its adaptive value.
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Anevolutionaryoriginfor tick toxins shared with other toxic arthropods would thus seem to be a remote possibility.
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From the evolutionary standpoint, it is possible to posit the simple null hypothesis that 'silk and the behaviour of ballooning have a commonevolutionaryorigin'.
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In this target article, we address the issue of theevolutionaryoriginof the mammalian isocortex, which has been amply debated in recent years.
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Sets of domains are grouped into families of homologues, for which the similarities in structure, sequence, and sometimes function imply a commonevolutionaryorigin.
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It is clear that motherese speech is an important element of modern human communication and must have its ownevolutionaryoriginand a connection to language.
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There is debate about theevolutionaryoriginof this domain.
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Reliable evidence for the fibre cells'evolutionaryoriginfrom tracheids exists.
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Similar to glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway appears to have a very ancientevolutionaryorigin.
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Secondary evolution can also disguise the trueevolutionaryoriginof some leaves.
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Theevolutionaryoriginof senescence remains one of the fundamental puzzles of biology.
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Also, these supposedly "crucial" genes might not be responsible for theevolutionaryoriginof that character.
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Members of a given superfamily thus have a commonevolutionaryorigin.
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The astrocytic hypothesis describes the initial cause of these changes and itsevolutionaryorigin.
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Theevolutionaryoriginof senescence remains a fundamental unsolved problem in biology.
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It is of ancientevolutionaryorigin, and is homologous to nerve globins of invertebrates.
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Currently several competing theories about theevolutionaryoriginof language coexist, none of them having achieved a general consensus.
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