evolutionary change
Gradual genetic shift
Evolutionary change refers to gradual transformation over time through successive modifications rather than sudden revolution.
In biology, it describes how species develop through natural selection across generations.
More broadly, it applies to any system that develops incrementally: The company underwent evolutionary change rather than a dramatic overhaul.
The phrase emphasizes continuity and adaptation over disruption.
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- coevolutionReciprocal adaptation between interacting species
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- genetic driftRandom allele frequency change
adaptation · gene flow · gene pool · extinction · ecological niches · natural selection · recombination · slow and steady · deep time · vestigial structures · random mutation · hybridization · common descent · tree of life · missing link · fossil record · epigenetics · paleontology
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Total transformation of systems
saltation · quantum leap · sudden change · mass extinction event · step change
evolutionary changeintelligent design
Purposeful cause over randomness
special creation · creationism · divine creation · divine intervention · genetic engineering
evolutionary changestasis
State of inactivity
stagnation · devolution · regression · degeneration · atavism
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