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evolutionary developmental biology

noun

Definition of evolutionary developmental biology

: a field of biology that combines the disciplines of evolutionary biology and developmental biology to study the relationship between evolution and developmental processes and mechanisms

— called also evo-devo

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 The rise of evolutionary developmental biology, along with advances in genetics, has lent weight to a third possibility, Dr. Linz said. — Asher Elbein, New York Times, "Insects Flew Before Anything Else Did. So How Did They Get Their Wings?," 26 Mar. 2018

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1980, in the meaning defined above

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