coevolution
pronunciation
How to pronounce coevolution in British English:
UK [kəʊi:və'lju:ʃən]
How to pronounce coevolution in American English:
US [ˌkoʊevə'luʃən]
Word Origin
- coevolution (n.)
- also co-evolution, 1965, from co- + evolution; supposedly introduced by Paul Ehrlich and Peter Raven in a study of the relationship between caterpillars and plants.
Example
- 1. Win-win is the story of life in coevolution .
- 2. Progress in the coadaptation and coevolution between plants and herbivores .
- 3. The theory of coevolution is the theoretical frontier in the modern evolutionary economics .
- 4. Nature is chock-a-block with coevolution .
- 5. Played over time with the same partners , the results are both a game and a type of coevolution .