| evolutionary computation | <genetics> Evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms, and genetic programming are all computer disciplines involved with modeling genetic inheritance and/or biological evolution in computers. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| Haldane's evolutionary unit | <unit> A unit of measurement, given in darwins, which measures the increase in body size of a chronospecies over evolutionary time. (13 Nov 1997) |
| evolutionary distance | <botany> In phylogenetic trees, the sum of the physical distance on a tree separating organisms, this distance is inversely proportional to evolutionary relatedness. (09 Oct 1997) |
| evolutionary fitness | The probability that the line of descent from an individual with a specific trait will not eventually die out. (05 Mar 2000) |