Macroevolution
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macroevolution-222-2370948
title:
Macroevolution
text:
Macroevolution usually means the evolution of large-scale structures and traits that go significantly beyond the intraspecific variation found in microevolution. In other words, macroevolution is the evolution of taxa above the species level. Macroevolution is often thought to require the evolution of completely new structures such as entirely new organs. However, fundamentally novel structures are not necessary for dramatic evolutionary change. For instance, the evolution of mammal diversity in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Evolution on a scale at or above the level of species
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution
date created:
2001-12-03T19:06:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T03:23:19Z
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