| Main Entry: | evolutionary biology |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a branch of biology investigating the evolution of organisms, esp. in the areas of molecular and microbial evolution, behavior, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics, and morphology |
| Usage: | science |
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Evolutionary biology
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evolutionary biology
–noun
| the branches of biology that deal with the processes of change in populations of organisms, esp. taxonomy, paleontology, ethology, population genetics, and ecology. |
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