evolutionary trend

/ˌˈɛvəˌˈluʃəˈnɛri trɛnd/
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Other forms: evolutionary trends

Definitions of evolutionary trend
  1. noun
    a general direction of evolutionary change
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    types:
    neoteny
    an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
    type of:
    drift, movement, trend
    a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
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