Phenomena and Processes

Genetic Speciation

The splitting of an ancestral species into daughter species that coexist in time (King, Dictionary of Genetics, 6th ed). Causal factors may include geographic isolation, HABITAT geometry, migration, REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION, random GENETIC DRIFT and MUTATION.

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The splitting of an ancestral species into daughter species that coexist in time (King, Dictionary of Genetics, 6th ed). Causal factors may include geographic isolation, HABITAT geometry, migration, REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION, random GENETIC DRIFT and MUTATION.

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  • Cladogenesis
  • Speciation, Genetics
  • Cladogeneses
  • Speciation, Genetic

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2006

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  1. G05.045w.350w
  2. G16.075w.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Genetic Speciation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049810. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049810
  2. Genetic Speciation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation
  3. Genetic Speciation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39350