speciation
Speciation refers to the process by which new distinct species evolve from a single ancestral species over time, resulting in populations that can no longer interbreed or produce fertile offspring.
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- adaptive radiation
- allopatric speciation
- biogeography
- common descent
- convergent evolution
- darwinian evolution
- divergent evolution
- evolution
- evolutionary theory
- genetic assimilation
- genetic drift
- genetic evolution
- genome evolution
- hybridization
- macroevolution
- microevolution
- morphological evolution
- mutation
- natural selection
- parallel evolution
- polyploidy
- population genetics
- reproductive isolation
- ring species
- speciation barriers
- speciation in animals
- speciation in birds
- speciation in fish
- speciation in fungi
- speciation in insects
- speciation in mammals
- speciation in plants
- sympatric speciation
- transformism