Horizontal evolution
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The phrase horizontal evolution is used in evolutionary biology to refer to: * Concerted evolution, whereby individual members of a DNA family within one species are more closely related to each other than to members of the same type of DNA family in other species; * Horizontal gene transfer, where genes are transferred from one organism to another by means other than genes received from an ancestor It is sometimes used by creationists as a synonym for * Microevolution, development of genetic changes below the speciation threshold
The phrase horizontal evolution is used in evolutionary biology to refer to: Concerted evolution, whereby individual members of a DNA family within one species are more closely related to each other than to members of the same type of DNA family in other species; Horizontal gene transfer, where genes are transferred from one organism to another by means other than genes received from an ancestor It is sometimes used by creationists as a synonym for Microevolution, development of genetic changes below the speciation threshold ==References==
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