"microevolution" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-microevolution.wav [US] Forms: microevolutions [plural]
Etymology: micro- + evolution, coined by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt in 1909. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|evolution}} micro- + evolution, {{coin|en|Robert Greenleaf Leavitt|in=1909|nobycat=1|nocap=1}} coined by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt in 1909 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microevolution (countable and uncountable, plural microevolutions)
  1. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: microevolutionist Related terms: macroevolution Translations (small-scale changes in the history of life): اَلتَّطَوُّر الصَّغِير (at-taṭawwur aṣ-ṣaḡīr) [masculine] (Arabic), microevolució [feminine] (Catalan), Mikroevolution [feminine] (German), mikroevolúcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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