coevolution
nounEtymology From co- + evolution.
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Biology, Ecology, Natural sciences Usually The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
Evolutionary theory
- These species breed in a variety of both terrestrial and marine snails, although there is no obvious pattern of coevolution.2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431:
- Related terms
- coevolutionary, coevolve, evolutionary arms race