A pattern of evolution that results in linear descent with no branching or splitting of the population.
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A pattern of evolution that results in linear descent with no branching or splitting of the population.
Anagenesis, also known as "phyletic change", is the
It is easy to see from the preceding definition how controversy can arise among
| Basic topics in evolutionary biology | |
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| Evidence of evolution | |
| Processes of evolution | |
| natural selection · genetic drift · gene flow · mutation | |
| Evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-devo) concepts |
Phenotypic plasticity · Canalisation · Modularity |
| Modes of evolution | Anagenesis · Catagenesis · Cladogenesis |
| History | History of
evolutionary thought · Charles Darwin · The Origin of Species · Modern evolutionary synthesis ·
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| Other subfields | Ecological genetics · Human evolution · |
| List of evolutionary biology topics · Timeline of evolution | |
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