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Gradualism , Gradualism
Gradualism, also called phyletic gradualism, is the view that the course of evolution is gradual with small changes accumulating through t… Phyletic Gradualism , phyletic gradualism Theory holding that macroevolution is merely the operation of microevolution over relatively long periods of time. Thus gradual c… Erode , Skip to main content
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e·rode / iˈrōd/ • v. [tr.] (often be eroded) (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or… accelerando , accelerando •foreshadow, shadow •Faldo •accelerando, bandeau, Brando, glissando, Orlando •eyeshadow •aficionado, amontillado, avocado, Bardo, Barnard… Limes Divergens , limes divergens The Latin name (limen means ‘threshold’) given to a diffuse boundary zone in which one major habitat type changes gradually into anot… Cline , cline / klīn/ • n. a continuum with an infinite number of gradations from one extreme to the other. ∎ Biol. a gradation in one or more characteristic…
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