• In biology, parallel speciation is a type of speciation where there is repeated evolution of reproductively isolating traits via the same mechanisms occurring...
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  • is a minor or major contributor to speciation is the subject of much ongoing discussion. Rapid sympatric speciation can take place through polyploidy,...
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    explains the derivation. Sympatric speciation is one of three traditional geographic modes of speciation. Allopatric speciation is the evolution of species caused...
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    Ecological speciation is a form of speciation arising from reproductive isolation that occurs due to an ecological factor that reduces or eliminates gene...
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  • Allopatric speciation (from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) 'other', and πατρίς (patrís) 'fatherland') – also referred to as geographic speciation, vicariant...
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  • periods. This isolation acts as a precursor to allochronic speciation, a type of speciation which results when two populations of a species become isolated...
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    Peripatric speciation is a mode of speciation in which a new species is formed from an isolated peripheral population.: 105  Since peripatric speciation resembles...
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    "stepping-stone" (discrete populations), and stasipatric speciation in concordance with most of the parapatric speciation literature.: 111  Henceforth, the models are...
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    between closely related populations within a species, sometimes leading to speciation. Divergent evolution is typically exhibited when two populations become...
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    process of speciation. This process of speciation influenced by natural selection is reinforcement, and can happen under any mode of speciation: 355  (e...
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    part of that century. Since then, research on speciation has expanded immensely. The language of speciation has grown more complex. Debate over classification...
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  • Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response...
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    Hybrid speciation is a form of speciation where hybridization between two different species leads to a new species, reproductively isolated from the parent...
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    heuristics may be employed to make the calculation faster or more robust. The speciation heuristic penalizes crossover between candidate solutions that are too...
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  • reproduction) at the level of individuals, and the positive correlation between speciation and extinction rates in most higher taxa. In 1973, Leigh Van Valen proposed...
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    H.; Kautsky, L.; Jonsson, P. R.; Johannesson, K. (2013-08-01). "Parallel speciation or long-distance dispersal? Lessons from seaweeds (Fucus) in the...
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    pressures. Divergent evolution is the process of speciation. This can happen in several ways: Allopatric speciation is when species are separated by a physical...
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    Adaptive radiation (category Speciation)
    niches. Starting with a single ancestor, this process results in the speciation and phenotypic adaptation of an array of species exhibiting different...
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    Speciation has been observed multiple times under both controlled laboratory conditions and in nature. In sexually reproducing organisms, speciation results...
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  • beyond the intraspecific variation found in microevolution (including speciation). In other words, macroevolution is the evolution of taxa above the species...
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    related species evolve different traits. Convergent evolution is similar to parallel evolution, which occurs when two independent species evolve in the same...
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  • affect speciation and extinction rates, and (b) strict-sense species selection, where species-level traits (e.g. geographical range) affect speciation and...
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    of evolution by natural selection as an explanation for adaptation and speciation. He defined natural selection as the "principle by which each slight variation...
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    Punctuated equilibrium (category Speciation)
    especially peripatric speciation as applied to the fossil record. Although the sudden appearance of species and its relationship to speciation was proposed and...
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    ISBN 9780521639859. Stankowski S (May 2013). "Ecological speciation in an island snail: evidence for the parallel evolution of a novel ecotype and maintenance by...
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    have a good understanding of the origin of new species (speciation) and have observed the speciation process in the laboratory and in the wild. Evolution...
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    speciation rate coupled with divergence of morphological features that are directly related to ecological habits; these radiations involve speciation...
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    Koinophilia (category Speciation)
    Koinophilia could explain both the horizontal and vertical manifestations of speciation, and why it, as a general rule, involves the entire external appearance...
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  • 1962 paper where he coined the term "Catastrophic Speciation" to describe this mode of speciation, since he theorized that the reductions in population...
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  • Genetic drift Gene flow Speciation Adaptive radiation Co-operation Coevolution Coextinction Divergence Convergence Parallel evolution Extinction Natural...
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