evolutionary trend

collocation in English

meaningsofevolutionaryandtrend

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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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trend
noun[C]
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/trend/us
/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To what extent thisevolutionarytrendtoward eye reduction could have been reversible is unknown.
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Thus, encephalization of the pain system can be regarded as anevolutionarytrendthat parallels the development of more complex social and cognitive abilities.
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That is partly anevolutionarytrendthat we shall have to accept.
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Within chordate embryos, there is anevolutionarytrendexhibited in the mechanisms used to internalize presumptive mesoderm.
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They point out that private single-family housing is historically quite new, and see anevolutionarytrendtoward the leasehold type of ownership.
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In neuroscience, centralisation refers to theevolutionarytrendof the nervous system to be partitioned into a central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
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One argument claims this is an instance of devolution showing anevolutionarytrendof decreasing complexity.
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Theevolutionarytrendamong birds has been the reduction of anatomical elements to save weight.
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Heads develop in animals by anevolutionarytrendknown as cephalization.
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Primates show anevolutionarytrendtowards a reduced snout.
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He too links the practice with evolutionary trends, drawing on primate activities.
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Evolutionary trends were monitored by parameter outputs in maximum time steps of a million years, until the end of the main sequence.
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It also exploits narrow debates about crucial observations and experiments while neglecting wider evolutionary trends.
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Effacement is also a commonevolutionarytrend.
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Thus, island gigantism is usually anevolutionarytrendresulting from the removal of constraints on the size of small animals related to predation and/or competition.
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In conclusion, studies of seed diversity based on consideration of only their internal structures do not promote understanding of phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary trends.
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Other reported evolutionary trends in other populations include a lengthening of the reproductive period, reduction in cholesterol levels, blood glucose and blood pressure.
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Proboscideans experienced several evolutionary trends, such as an increase in size, which led to many giant species that stood up to 4mft 0 tall.
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Cave bears found in different regions vary in age, thus facilitating investigations into evolutionary trends.
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He discovered several evolutionary trends that help engineers to anticipate improvements that are most likely to make it advantageous.
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