Meaning of bradytelic | Babel Free

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Of or relating to bradytely.

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“A distinction is to be made between slow horotelic rates and bradytelic rates, also slow but essentially a different phenomenon, as demonstrated by the marked difference in survivorship pattern, from which the existence of bradytelic rates have⟳ been deduced.”

“This low-rate, nonnhorotelic excess is bradytely and the rates involved in it are bradytelic.”

“Bradytelic — when organisms evolve at exceptionally slow rate. It is believed that this classification applies to plants also. Many annual species like⟳ Gilia, Clarkia, and many epiphytic orchids are tachytelic while Magnolia, Cer- cidiphyllum, ...”

“For example, bradytelic lines — defined by Simpson (1953:113) as "low rates" or "arrested evolution" — imply, above all, extremely low rates of morphological evolution over a considerable span of time — usually at least 100 million years.”

“Slow bradytelic evolvers are famous as living fossils. Good examples are horseshoe crabs, coelacanth fish⟳, crocodiles, opossums, and primitive lampshells (linguloid brachiopods). Simpson pegged these as bradytelic because they belong⟳ to ...”

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