English Explanatory Dictionary

Darwinian threshold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A transition period during the evolution of the first cells, when genetic transmission moves from a predominantly horizontal mode to a vertical mode.

Word forms

Darwinian threshold the Darwinian threshold

Etymology

Introduced by Carl Woese.

Synonyms

Darwinian transition
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