Phenomena and Processes

Biological Evolution

The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.

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The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.

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  • Evolution, Biological

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Indexing Annotation

Man in the evolutionary process is HOMINIDAE; evolution at the molecular level of DNA sequence is EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR

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History Note

2011 (1989)

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  1. G05.045w
  2. G16.075w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biological Evolution. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005075. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005075
  2. Biological Evolution. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
  3. Biological Evolution. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063