micro-evolution

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 298 words | Copyright

micro-evolution Evolutionary change within species, which results from the differential survival of the constituent individuals in response to natural selection. The genetic variability on which selection operates arises from mutation and sexual reshuffling of gene combinations in each generation.

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