evolutionary

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Their dominance comes from genome streamlining, an evolutionary strategy in which organisms shed genes to conserve energy in nutrient-poor environments.

From Science Daily

Woodroaches are close relatives of termites and live in small family groups, making them an important evolutionary link.

From Science Daily

Michael Lee, an evolutionary biologist at the South Australian Museum not involved in the research, said "the new fossils from China demonstrate that the Sinsk event affected shallow water forms most severely".

From Barron's

That idea has long been used to describe evolutionary standoffs between species, such as hosts and the parasites or pathogens that attack them.

From Science Daily

You have a natural evolutionary gift, designed to protect you.

From Literature