evolutionary pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandpattern

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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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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This successfulevolutionarypatternhas also been utilized by mimics.
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If the purpose of taxonomic ranking is to assess whether there are differences in anevolutionarypatternbetween taxa, it is essential to be consistent.
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But this may be a result of paucity of information, rather than any trueevolutionarypattern.
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The only exception to thisevolutionarypatternwas in the production of para-lexical items.
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By contrast, no correlation was observed between nucleotide and temporal distances suggesting no clearevolutionarypatternduring the epidemic.
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It seems that more energetic processes, such as those associated with the last phases of diagenesis, are connected with thermal subsidence and theevolutionarypatternof the clay material.
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This is an example of anevolutionarypatternknown as divergent evolution.
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The degree of conservation follows the expectedevolutionarypattern.
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In addition to following thisevolutionarypatternabsolutely, each of the languages studied also selected virtually identical focal hues for each color category present.
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The volcanoes follow a distinctevolutionarypatternof growth and death.
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This successfulevolutionarypatternhas also been utilized by mimics.
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Immunosenescence is not a random deteriorative phenomenon, rather it appears to inversely repeat anevolutionarypatternand most of the parameters affected by immunosenescence appear to be under genetic control.
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Evolutionary patterns of seed dispersal by other vertebrates may partially explain the dominance of glucose and fructose in the natural diet of spider monkeys.
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Extrapolationism is a sound working theory, with most evolutionary patterns the result of microevolutionary change over vast geological time.
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It has been designed to investigate several broad ecological questions, as well as long-term evolutionary patterns and processes such as speciation and macroevolution.
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The organization, where visitors progress in a circular motion around the floor, mirrors the evolutionary patterns of a phylogenetic tree.
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