This 'making' of new species is known as allopatric speciation and similar patterns are seen with cichlids in the great lakes of Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping]
But the far more vital part of evolutionary theory (or "Darwinism", as the evangelicals call it, if any creationists are still reading) is the idea of allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Figure 5 shows that among both "allopatric" and "sympatric" taxa, pre-zygotic isolation increases with time, but among sympatic taxa, it increases faster!. From Wordnik.com. [Gene Expression] Reference
Learn the controversy: sympatric versus allopatric. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Not in the cases of allopatric and peripatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Learn the controversy: sympatric versus allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
This is what would be predicted by theories of allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Javison Does Chimpanzees? « UDreamOfJanie] Reference
Evolution of reproductive isolation in allopatric and sympatric populations. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
However, this complexity is completely compatible with allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Javison Does Chimpanzees? « UDreamOfJanie] Reference
So, did I advance the cause of science by giving a lecture on allopatric speciation?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
I used fishes from allopatric populations so that I would be sure of identification. From Wordnik.com. [(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This is my issue with what is called "symaptric speciation" and "allopatric speciation". From Wordnik.com. [At What Level did this Evolve?] Reference
For instance, you left out mechanisms of reproductive isolation, e.g. allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
Diagrammatic representation of population divergence in allopatric and sympatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Grant & Grant, The secondary contact phase of allopatric speciation in Darwin's finches, PNAS 2009. From Wordnik.com. [At What Level did this Evolve?] Reference
You start getting terms like "allopatric speciation" and "punctuated equilibrium," it's all very exciting. From Wordnik.com. [Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent] Reference
IN allopatric, peripatric, sympatric and parapatric speciation a founder population diverges into two or more species. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
(Scincidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies, from the Ord-Victoria region of northwestern Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Mitchell grass downs] Reference
Divergent selection for geotactic response and evolution of reproductive isolation in sympatric and allopatric populations of houseflies. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
An intermediate mechanism is parapatric speciation, which takes place in contiguous, but otherwise geographically isolated allopatric populations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Dr. Mayr called this allopatric speciation and detailed his arguments in his seminal book ''Systematics and the Origin of Species,'' published in 1942. From Wordnik.com. [It's the detail about eating birds of paradise] Reference
As Joe Felsenstein explained, the essence of the model is that allopatric populations become fixed for variants that are incompatible between the populations. From Wordnik.com. [Essays in Honor of OOS - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The late Ernst Mayr was a strong proponent of allopatric speciation and for most of his long career, he discounted sympatric speciation as a viable mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
In the plan, students visit recommended Web sites and utilize multimedia features to gain an understanding of "the difference between allopatric and sympatric speciation.". From Wordnik.com. [New Species Emerge and Others Disappear in Papua New Guina, Myanmar and British Columbia] Reference
Today allopatric speciation ''allo,'' from the Greek for ''other,'' and ''patric,'' from the Greek for ''fatherland'' is accepted as the most common way in which new species arise. From Wordnik.com. [It's the detail about eating birds of paradise] Reference
Slide 10: Geographic isolation is a mechanism in allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Higgie M, McDonald KR, Moritz C (2005) Reinforcement drives rapid allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
But, in the absence of any authentic sympatric or allopatric events to quote, Darwinists do. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Heck, it wouldn't be too hard to argue that ALL speciation events are allopatric, I wouldn't think. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Both pre-mating and post-mating isolation between allopatric populations increase with genetic distance. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The thing to remember about PE is that the overwhelmingly vast majority of speciation events are allopatric. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
For a new species to develop would necessitate, by neo-Darwinian theory, either sympatric or allopatric speciation events. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
This is in contrast to the rates of increase of post-zygotic isolation, which are the same between allopatric and sympatric taxa. From Wordnik.com. [Gene Expression] Reference
The words aren't the easiest (do you know how to spell allopatric?), but you'll feel good about yourself if you get just one right. From Wordnik.com. [ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA] Reference
The genetic divergence in sympatry exceeds that of allopatric blackcaps separated by 800 km and is associated with diverse phenotypic divergence. From Wordnik.com. [John Wills Lloyd] Reference
…allopatric and sympatric speciation lie at the opposite ends of a continuum, which runs from zero to maximal gene flow between diverging populations. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
I will merely state that Ernst Mayr was the biologist who came up with the model of allopatric speciation that is still our most commonly referred to, so he clearly disagreed with the use that you put his term to. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
As I understood Hennig’s argument, he was thinking of allopatric speciation. From Wordnik.com. [(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Peripatric and allopatric speciation surely occur, and Hennig’s notion fails there. From Wordnik.com. [(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Tougard C, Brunet-Lecomte P, Fabre M, Montuire S (2008) Evolutionary history of two allopatric. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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