Definition of Evolutionary trend

1. Noun. A general direction of evolutionary change.

Generic synonyms: Drift, Movement, Trend
Specialized synonyms: Neoteny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evolutionary Trend

evolutionarily
evolutionarily conserved
evolutionarily conserved gene
evolutionarily conserved sequence
evolutionary
evolutionary biologist
evolutionary biologists
evolutionary biology
evolutionary computation
evolutionary developmental biology
evolutionary distance
evolutionary ethics
evolutionary fitness
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary theory
evolutionary trend (current term)
evolutionism
evolutionisms
evolutionist
evolutionistic
evolutionists
evolutionlike
evolutions
evolutive
evolutivity
evolvability
evolvable
evolve
evolved
evolvedness

Literary usage of Evolutionary trend

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... more pronounced and apparent definiteness of evolutionary trend, series ever narrowing into closer conformity with environmental conditions, ..."

2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Within Arceuthobium the evolutionary trend towards a herbaceous habit has resulted in the retention of numerous juvenile characteristics, which are most ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... along a well- established evolutionary line, that of numerical nuclear reduction. The evolutionary trend of the ..."

4. The Economics of Petroleum by Joseph Ezekiel Pogue (1921)
"... extraction of values still further by converting a low-value product into one of greater worth. While this evolutionary trend is not entirely sharply ..."

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