Mesoevolution

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Noun
  1. 1
    Evolutionary change on a time-scale intermediate between microevolution and macroevolution uncountable

    "We define this scale between a single speciation event and global macroevolutionary patterns as mesoevolution"

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"We define this scale between a single speciation event and global macroevolutionary patterns as mesoevolution"

Etymology

From meso- + evolution.

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