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Genetic Speciation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cladogeneses
  • Cladogenesis
  • Speciation, Genetics

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D049810

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