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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000254
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobiological speciation; allopatry; sympatric speciation; geographical isolation; niche conservatism
TranslationsSpanish: 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.