allopatric speciation
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000254
A mechanism for the evolution of new species whereby two populations of a species which are geographically isolated and cannot interbreed gradually evolve through genetic divergence into two different species.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000254 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | biological speciation; allopatry; sympatric speciation; geographical isolation; niche conservatism |
| Translations | Spanish: especiación alopátrica |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000254",
"term": "allopatric speciation",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A mechanism for the evolution of new species whereby two populations of a species which are geographically isolated and cannot interbreed gradually evolve through genetic divergence into two different species.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"biological speciation",
"allopatry",
"sympatric speciation",
"geographical isolation",
"niche conservatism"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "especiación alopátrica"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/allopatric-speciation/"
}
Record 254 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.