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allopatric
[ al-uh-pa-trik ]
adjective
- originating in or occupying different geographical areas.
allopatric
/ ˌæəˈæٰɪ /
adjective
- (of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another Compare sympatric
allopatric
/ ă′ə-ă′ĭ /
- Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Allopatric populations of related organisms are unable to interbreed because of geographic separation.
- ◆ The development of new species as a result of the geographic separation of populations is called allopatric speciation .
- Compare sympatric
Derived Forms
- ˌˈ貹ٰ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- l·貹۾·· adverb
- ·DZ··ٰ [uh, -, lop, -, uh, -tree], noun
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The students suggested these factors: natural selection, morphological mutations, punctuated equilibrium and allopatric speciation.
One was the alarm cry of an allopatric chestnut-rumped thornbill, a bird not native to Australia.
Perhaps the title should have something to do with allopatric speciation as well as just the numbers of the pigeons.
Needless to say, if the structures evolved in allopatric species, they’re redundant within the context of the species recognition hypothesis and can’t be used as evidence in its support.
According to this scenario, allopatric divergence may have been followed repeatedly by genomic homogenization in sympatry.
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