| 单词 | punctuated equilibrium |
| 释义 | punctuated equilibriumSEE SYNONYMS FOR punctuated equilibrium ON THESAURUS.COM nountheory of, Biology. a hypothesis holding that the evolution of species proceeds in a characteristic pattern of relative stability for long periods of time interspersed with much shorter periods during which many species become extinct and new species emerge. Also called punctuationalism . Compare gradualism (def. 3). Origin of punctuated equilibriumCoined by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge, American biologist and paleontologist (born 1943), in their paper “Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism” (1972) Words nearby punctuated equilibriumpunctilio, punctilious, punctual, punctuality, punctuate, punctuated equilibrium, punctuation, punctuationalism, punctuation mark, punctulate, punctum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for punctuated equilibriumpunctuated equilibrium The theory that new species evolve suddenly over brief periods of time, followed by longer periods during which there is no genetic change. Punctuated equilibrium is a revision of Darwin's theory of evolution. (Compare gradualism and catastrophism.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Scientific definitions for punctuated equilibriumpunctuated equilibrium [ pŭngk′chōō-ā′tĭd ] The theory that new species evolve suddenly over relatively short periods of time (a few hundred to a thousand years), followed by longer periods in which little genetic change occurs. Punctuated equilibrium is a revision of Darwin's theory that evolution takes place at a slow, constant rate over millions of years. Compare gradualism. See Note at evolution. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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