Definition of ORTHOSELECTION

orthoselection

Noun

  • The hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.
  • The acquisition of a common series of rearrangements within a genetic lineage.

Origin / Etymology

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

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