Anagenesis Definition

ănə-jĕnĭ-sĭs
noun
An evolutionary process that involves change from an ancestor species to a descendant species without the branching or splitting off of new taxa.
American Heritage Medicine

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.

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Origin of Anagenesis

  • ana- +"Ž -genesis

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