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vicariant
/ vɪˈkɛərɪənt, vaɪ- /
noun
- any of several closely related species, races, etc, each of which exists in a separate geographical area: assumed to have originated from a single population that became dispersed by geological events
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Derived Forms
- ±¹¾±Ëˆ³¦²¹°ù¾±²¹²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of vicariant1
C20: from Latin ±¹¾±³¦Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ (see vicar ) + -ant
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Unlike maize and sorghum, however, and give rise to fertile hybrids, consistent with the vicariant hypothesis for phylogeographical divergence, in which geographically isolated species are under no selective pressure to evolve reproductive isolation.
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