evolutionary transition

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meaningsofevolutionaryandtransition

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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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transition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/
a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandtransitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mating systems and theevolutionarytransitionbetween haploidy and diploidy.
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In his account, theevolutionarytransitionfrom mechanism to mind carried with it the realization in nature of values.
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Money is becoming the symbol and instrument for thatevolutionarytransition.
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Thisevolutionarytransitionappears to have left its mark on tetrapod development.
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Ecological fitting can contribute to 3 types ofevolutionarytransition.
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The evolution of networks of cooperating genes ultimately led to the enclosure of separate hypercycles within protective membranes to form proto-cells, the second majorevolutionarytransition.
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Some authorities order characters when there is a clear logical, ontogenetic, orevolutionarytransition among the states (for example, legs: short; medium; long).
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A recent advance in this area is to look at evolutionary transitions between alternative structures.
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In fact, as much as 90% of the genetic material can be lost when a species makes theevolutionarytransition from a free-living to obligate intracellular lifestyle.
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The origins of multicellularity are of special interest because they require evolutionary transitions towards increased levels of complexity.
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On the origins of cells : a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells.
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On the origin of cells : a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells.
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On the origin of cells : a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes to nucleated cells.
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Trees are scored (evaluated) by using a simple algorithm to determine how many steps (evolutionary transitions) are required to explain the distribution of each character.
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Also, paraphyletic groups are involved in evolutionary transitions, the development of the first tetrapods from their ancestors for example.
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Some authorities refuse to order characters at all, suggesting that it biases an analysis to require evolutionary transitions to follow a particular path.
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