English Explanatory Dictionary

anagenesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.

Word forms

anagenesis anageneses

Etymology

From ana- + -genesis.

Derived words

chromoanagenesis
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