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coalesce

1.(動植物の組織などが)癒着する 2.(複数のものが)合体する、融合する I don't see things coalescing for at least a decade or more.

vestigial

痕跡の Pseudogenes are the molecular equivalent of a vestigal tail, allowing us to see evolution's track.

pseudogene

pseudo-gene 偽遺伝子 "Pseudogeses"- genes that once encoded proteins but no longer can because of a crippling mutation.

genealogy

家系、血統、血筋、系統、系譜、系図学 Bilogists can discover the genealogy of species by looking at their DNA.

inroad

1.侵略、襲撃 2.侵入、侵食 通例 inroads The company seeks to make inroads into the Tokyo market. Darwin made littke inroad into the problem, despite the title of his magnum opus.

time and again

何回(何度・幾度)も(となく)、何度も何度も、繰り返し繰り返し、再三再四 Time and again, biologists are finding that Darwin had it right: evolution is the best way to explain the patterns of nature.