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Concept information

Preferred term

allopatric speciation

Type

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Definition

  • Information A mechanism for the evolution of new species whereby two populations of a species which are geographically isolated and cannot interbreed gradually evolve through genetic divergence into two different species.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/196665

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