Definitions for speciation

speciation spe·ci·a·tion

Spelling: [spee-shee-ey-shuh n, -see-ey-]
IPA: /ˌspi ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -siˈeɪ-/

Speciation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 975 anagrams from letters in speciation (aceiinopst).

Definitions for speciation

noun

  1. the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.

Origin of speciation

First recorded in 1895-1900; speci(es) + -ation

Examples for speciation

According to present-day concepts of variation and speciation, Andersen's criteria are artificial.

Additional remarks on the distribution of this species are in the section on Zoogeography and speciation.

Isolation of small populations is probably the most influential factor in the process of speciation in insular organisms.

The process of speciation within insular populations has been discussed by many authors.

In fact, isolation is a most important factor in speciation of insular populations (Baker, 1951:55).

Natural selection plus geographical and ecological isolation has undoubtedly been operative in speciation and in subspeciation.

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