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It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it.
Kevin Kelly

Meaning of "coevolution" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COEVOLUTION

coevolution  [kəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COEVOLUTION

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Coevolution is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COEVOLUTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coevolution

In biology, coevolution is "the change of a biological object triggered by the change of a related object." Coevolution can occur at many biological levels: it can be as microscopic as correlated mutations between amino acids in a protein, or as macroscopic as covarying traits between different species in an environment. Each party in a coevolutionary relationship exerts selective pressures on the other, thereby affecting each other's evolution. Coevolution of different species includes the evolution of a host species and its parasites, and examples of mutualism evolving through time. Evolution in response to abiotic factors, such as climate change, is not biological coevolution. The general conclusion is that coevolution may be responsible for much of the genetic diversity seen in normal populations including: blood plasma polymorphism, protein polymorphism, histocompatibility systems, etc. There is little evidence of coevolution driving large-scale changes in Earth's history, since abiotic factors such as mass extinction and expansion into ecospace seem to guide the shifts in the abundance of major groups.

Definition of coevolution in the English dictionary

The definition of coevolution in the dictionary is the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COEVOLUTION


ablution
əˈbluːʃən
absolution
ˌæbsəˈluːʃən
Aleutian
əˈluːʃən
antipollution
ˌæntɪpəˈluːʃən
convolution
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃən
counter-revolution
ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃən
devolution
ˌdiːvəˈluːʃən
dilution
daɪˈluːʃən
dissolution
ˌdɪsəˈluːʃən
evolution
ˌiːvəˈluːʃən
high-resolution
haɪ ˌrezəˈluːʃən
involution
ˌɪnvəˈluːʃən
irresolution
ɪrˌrɛzəˈluːʃən
macroevolution
ˌmækrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃən
microevolution
ˌmaɪkrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃən
pollution
pəˈluːʃən
resolution
ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən
revolution
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən
solution
səˈluːʃən
volution
vəˈluːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COEVOLUTION

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WORDS THAT END LIKE COEVOLUTION

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Synonyms and antonyms of coevolution in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «coevolution» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COEVOLUTION

Find out the translation of coevolution to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coevolution from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coevolution» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

协同进化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coevolución
570 millions of speakers

English

coevolution
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coevolution
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

coevolution
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коэволюция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coevolução
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহবিবর্তন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coévolution
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coevolution
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Koevolution
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共進化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공진화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coevolution
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

coevolution
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணைவளர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Coevolution
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birlikte evrim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coevoluzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koewolucji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коеволюція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coevoluției
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνεξέλιξης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

co-evolutie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coevolution
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coevolution
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coevolution

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COEVOLUTION»

The term «coevolution» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COEVOLUTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coevolution

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QUOTES WITH «COEVOLUTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coevolution.
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Kevin Kelly
It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COEVOLUTION»

Discover the use of coevolution in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coevolution and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity
In "Coevolution," the author proposes a powerful new theory of cultural evolution--that is, of the descent with modification of the shared conceptual systems we call "cultures"--that is parallel in many ways to Darwin's theory of organic ...
‎1991
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The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution
The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution analyzes how the biology of species provides the raw material for long-term coevolution, evaluates how local coadaptation forms the basic module of coevolutionary change, and explores how the ...
John N. Thompson, 2005
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Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the ...
This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life.
Thierry Bardini, 2000
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Tangled Trees: Phylogeny, Cospeciation, and Coevolution
Tangled Trees provides an up-to-date review and synthesis of current knowledge about phylogeny, cospeciation, and coevolution.
Roderic D. M. Page, 2003
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Interaction and Coevolution
“It is not only the species that change evolutionarily through interactions . . . the interactions themselves also change.” Thus states John N. Thompson in the foreword to Interaction and Coevolution, the first title in his series of ...
John N. Thompson, 2014
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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and ...
Explores the evolutionary interaction between microbes and humans through an examination of the growth, struggle to survive, and dissemination of disease-causing protoza, bacteria, and viruses
Christopher Wills, 1996
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Environmentalism for a New Millennium : The Challenge of ...
Anyone interested the future of environmentalism will find this book an invaluable guide.
Leslie Paul Thiele Professor of Political Science University of Florida, 1999
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The coevolution of climate and life
A leading climatologist and a science writer chronicle Earth's climate history--from the primeval tempests that saw the beginnings of life to the crucial environmental problems confronting the planet today--and demonstrate how life and ...
Stephen Henry Schneider, Randi Londer, 1984
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Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The Coevolution of ...
A comparison of the development of the synthetic dye industry in Europe and the US.
Johann Peter Murmann, 2003
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Coevolution: The True Story of 10 Days on an ...
The author recounts his abduction by a UFO while driving from Rotorua to Auckland, New Zealand and describes the extraterrestrial civilization he was shown during the ten days he was "missing"
Alec Newald, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COEVOLUTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coevolution is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Week On The Space Show
One day in 1978 Al Globus' housemate brought home a stack of CoEvolution Quarterly issues, including an issue discussing Princeton ... «Space Fellowship, Jul 15»
2
Phylogenetic congruence and ecological coherence in terrestrial …
Parafit was originally developed to test coevolution events between parasites and their hosts (Legendre et al., 2002), providing a useful tool to ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from …
Floral zygomorphy (bilateral symmetry) is one key innovation associated with the adaptive radiation of angiosperms because it promotes the coevolution ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Why You Should Thank A Caterpillar For Your Mustard And Wasabi
The war between cabbage butterflies and cabbage plants was described years ago as an example of coevolution: when the evolution of one ... «WVXU, Jun 15»
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[Perspective] Mother's littlest helpers
An opportunity to gain insights into how natural selection has shaped the coevolution of hosts and microbes can be found in mammalian ... «Military Technologies, Jun 15»
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Sixth extinction threatens human survival
He has long tied his work on coevolution, on racial, gender, and economic justice, and on nuclear winter with the issue of wildlife populations ... «Futurity: Research News, Jun 15»
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Mycobacterial glycolipids di-O-acylated trehalose and tri-O-acylated …
Along with the prolonged coevolution with man, the bacillus has developed the ability to neutralize the macrophages (MØ), which are usually ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Here, Declare Hysterical Academics
... "Extinction: The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of Species", began a string of doomsday concerns caused by coevolution, ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»
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26 essential science fiction novels to get you ready for tomorrow
... Coevolution Quarterly, and Whole Earth Review) and the intentional communities work from UC Davis to explore how we reshape community ... «ZDNet, Jun 15»
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Rapid evolution of virulence leading to host extinction under host …
Host-parasite coevolution is predicted to result in changes in the virulence of the parasite in order to maximise its reproductive success and ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»

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