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speciation

speciation

4 8.3
A process by which new species form from existing ones
  • noun
  • /ˌspiːʃiˈeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : especiación
  • If this mechanism actually leads to speciation, is it also unique to house mice?
  • sympatric speciation
  • allopatric speciation
  • speciation event

And therefore there is selection for changes in characters and over time that will lead to speciation and therefore evolution.

Examples

  • Lastly, we discuss new approaches that can be leveraged in Drosophila to enhance our understanding of speciation and reproductive isolation.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Drosophila has contributed a vast amount of empirical data to the study of speciation and inspired many theoretical studies.

    Academic text (2017)
  • How, exactly, does speciation occur in the case of simple language forms?

    Academic text (2001)
  • And so the major part of speciation of new species come after a mass extinction.

  • And therefore there is selection for changes in characters and over time that will lead to speciation and therefore evolution.

  • There has been a resurgence of productive and important work on species and speciation in recent years.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Future research programs in Drosophila have high potential to answer long-standing questions in speciation.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Our most promising insight centered upon speciation, the origin of new and distinct biological populations.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In many cases, the process of speciation is accompanied by the gradual evolution of reproductive isolation.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The gradual separation of populations can lead to speciation and the emergence of new species.

Synonyms

cladogenesis
vsspeciation
  • Specialized
9.9

One species splits into two or more new species

is a broader process of new species arising not only by splitting

How Divergent

speciation
  • Specialized
4 8.3
divergence
8 6.4
variation
77 3.3

Surface Forms

speciation singular
speciations plural

Morphology

speciation = speciate (transparent) = species + ate + ion

Forming the noun from the verb 'speciate' by adding '-ion' is regular, but 'speciate' itself may be less familiar to learners even though it derives from 'species'.

Etymology

Speciation comes from the word species meaning 'kind' or 'type' and the ending -ation meaning 'a process', so speciation is the process of making new species from existing ones.