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orthoselection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thos-e-lec-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.

Uncountable

noun

The acquisition of a common series of rearrangements within a genetic lineage.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From ortho- + selection, originally coined by Ludwig Plate in 1913.

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What does orthoselection mean?
The hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.
Where does orthoselection come from?
From ortho- + selection, originally coined by Ludwig Plate in 1913.

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