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darwinian threshold

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
dar-wini-an thresh-old
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transition period during the evolution of the first cells, when genetic transmission moves from a predominantly horizontal mode to a vertical mode.

Etymology

Introduced by Carl Woese.

Inflected Forms

the Darwinian threshold (canonical)

Synonyms

Darwinian transition

Questions

What does darwinian threshold mean?
A transition period during the evolution of the first cells, when genetic transmission moves from a predominantly horizontal mode to a vertical mode.
Where does darwinian threshold come from?
Introduced by Carl Woese.

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