The phrase "assisted evolution" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing genetic engineering, biotechnology, or conservation efforts where human intervention aids the natural evolutionary process.
Example: "The researchers focused on assisted evolution to enhance the resilience of the plant species against climate change."
Alternatives: "guided evolution" or "enhanced evolution".
Although assisted evolution might incur fewer risks than the assisted migration of novel species in a region, it still needs to be considered carefully, as it could lead to the extinction of specific local genotypes without sufficient foresight.
Already there's a term for this sort of effort: assisted evolution.
An exciting development is the innovation of potential new genetic tools for wildlife is assisted evolution.
It, too, might be described as an effort at assisted evolution, only with a much more radical assist.
Advocates for techniques like assisted evolution and genetic engineering argue that the moment for being hands off has passed.
Dr. Gates' lab is using assisted evolution to develop corals that can keep up with rapidly warming shallow waters.
By Elizabeth Kolbert Researchers are hoping to "assist" evolution in order to produce hardier corals and tougher trees.
Conservation-minded researchers are trying to "assist" evolution in order to produce hardier coral and tougher trees.
Spencer was certain that "nature will be obeyed": ill-advised governments and other social institutions could hamper the operation of natural law — and thus stand in the way of inevitable progress — but they could do almost nothing to assist evolution and hence make things better.
Adaptive evolution by genome replication engineering assisted continuous evolution (GREACE) and screening of methanol-utilizing mutants.
To further improve the microbial performance in methanol medium and screen methanol-utilizing mutants, adaptive evolution based on GREACE (genome replication engineering assisted continuous evolution) was conducted (Luan et al. 2013).
