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21evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
22Species — In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is …
23Subspecies — This article is about the biological term. For the film series, see Subspecies (film series). Subspecies (commonly abbreviated subsp. or ssp.) in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, or a taxonomic unit in …
24Microevolution — Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
25Ring species — In biology, a ring species is a connected series of neighboring populations that can interbreed with relatively closely related populations, but for which there exist at least two end populations in the series that are too distantly related to… …
26Cline (biology) — In biology, an ecocline or simply cline (Greek: κλίνω = to possess or exhibit gradient, to lean) describes an ecotone in which a series of biocommunities display continuous gradient.[1] The term was coined by the English evolutionary biologist… …
27species — /spee sheez, seez/, n., pl. species, adj. n. 1. a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind. 2. Biol. the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological… …
28nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… …
29interbreeding — noun 1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids • Syn: ↑hybridization, ↑hybridisation, ↑crossbreeding, ↑crossing, ↑cross, ↑hybridizing • Deri …
30in|ter|cross — «IHN tuhr KRS, KROS», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to cross (each other). b) to lay or place across each other. 2. = interbreed. (Cf. ↑interbreed) –v.i. 1. to cross each other. 2. = interbreed. (Cf. ↑ …
