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- adjective biology Living in overlapping territories.
- adjective genetics, biology Living in overlapping territories without interbreeding.
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S: "Of all types of speciation you mentioned only peripatric is workable, all others are unobservable and genetically impossible scenarios."
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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IN allopatric, peripatric, sympatric and parapatric speciation a founder population diverges into two or more species.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Not in the cases of allopatric and peripatric speciation.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Of all types of speciation you mentioned only peripatric is workable, all others are unobservable and genetically impossible scenarios.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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He was an outstanding scientist who made major contributions to biology, e.g. peripatric speciation.
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