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Allopatric

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Ecology Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.

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adj. Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed

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adj. (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

Word Usage

"The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation."

Cross Reference

speciation

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