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evo-devo

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evo-de·​vo | \ ˈē-vō-ˈdē-vō How to pronounce evo-devo (audio) \
variants: or Evo-devo

Definition of evo-devo

: evolutionary developmental biology Advances in the new science of evolutionary developmental biology—dubbed "evo-devo" for short—have enabled biologists to see beyond the external beauty of organic forms into the mechanisms that shape their diversity.— Sean B. Carroll

First Known Use of evo-devo

1997, in the meaning defined above

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