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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. evolutionary biology
  3. evolution
  4. biological speciation
  5. sympatric speciation

Preferred term

sympatric speciation

Type

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Definition

  • Information A mechanism for the evolution of new species whereby two populations of a species exhibiting the same or overlapping geographical distributions gradually evolve through genetic divergence into two different species.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/196664

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