Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occupying separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
- adjective Occurring among populations having such a distribution.
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- adjective biology Not living in the same
territory ;geographically isolated and thus unable tocrossbreed
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- adjective (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another
Etymologies
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Examples
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The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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But the far more vital part of evolutionary theory (or "Darwinism", as the evangelicals call it, if any creationists are still reading) is the idea of allopatric speciation.
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Paul used this phenomenon known as allopatric speciation to explain the evolution of Hershey Kisses and Snow Caps, both with a similar shape but the latter with a sugar-covered top.
Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011
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This 'making' of new species is known as allopatric speciation and similar patterns are seen with cichlids in the great lakes of Africa.
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This 'making' of new species is known as allopatric speciation and similar patterns are seen with cichlids in the great lakes of Africa.
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But the far more vital part of evolutionary theory (or "Darwinism", as the evangelicals call it, if any creationists are still reading) is the idea of allopatric speciation.
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If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
reesetee commented on the word allopatric
Occurring in separate, non-overlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.
October 10, 2007
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June 14, 2016