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Keywords: Macroevolution, Evolutionary, Evolution, Mutation, Population

Related Terms: Evolution , Biotype, Lamarckism, Saltation, Trait, Heritability, Heterosis, Hybrid Vigor, Inbreeding, Linebreeding, Selection, Phenotype, Gene Frequency, Gene Pool, Genetic Drift, Genetic Variation, Progeny Testing, Fitness, Allele Frequency, Founder Effect, Gene Flow, Directional Selection, Natural Selection, Genetic Diversity, Inbreeding Depression, Selective Breeding, Kin Selection, Wild Type, Inbreeding Coefficient, Assortative Mating, Polymorphic, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Hardy-Weinberg Law, Macroevolution, Overdominance, Fixation, Outbreeding, Heterozygosity, Qualitative Trait, Expressivity, Quantitative Trait Locus, Outcross, Quantitative Trait, Divergent Evolution, Genetic Variability, Population Genetics, Breeding Value, Pooling, Outcrossing

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The small evolutionary changes typically occurring over short time spans; generally involving a small number of traits and minor genetic changes. (Contrast with macroevolution.)

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"small-scale" evolution within a population over relatively short periods of time.

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This means evolutionary change within a species. See macroevolution for the difference between these two ideas.

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changes occuring within a species.

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