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evolutionary clock
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The accumulation of changes in non-genetic stretches or introns of (especially) mitochondrial DNA that occur at a fairly constant rate and can be calibrated with real time to enable estimates to be made of how long ago present-day organisms diverged from their common ancestors. See also Eve, maternal inheritance, parsimony principle. Compare glottochronology, lexicostatistics.
Subjects: Science and technology — Psychology
