- common ancestor
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- common ancestor
This term refers to a species or individual from which two or more species or individuals have descended. It's often used in evolutionary biology to discuss the shared lineage of organisms.
Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor.
Generated collocations (experimental)
きょうつうそせん共通祖先をもつ持つto have a common ancestorきょうつうそせん共通祖先をぎろん議論するto discuss the common ancestorしんか進化のきょうつうそせん共通祖先common ancestor of evolutionきょうつうそせん共通祖先のがいねん概念concept of common ancestorきょうつうそせん共通祖先のいでん遺伝genetics of the common ancestorきょうつうそせん共通祖先をとくてい特定するto identify the common ancestorきょうつうそせん共通祖先にかんする関するけんきゅう研究research on common ancestorsきょうつうそせん共通祖先のしょうこ証拠evidence of a common ancestorきょうつうそせん共通祖先のけいとう系統lineage of the common ancestorしゅ種のきょうつうそせん共通祖先common ancestor of species