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speciation /spe·ci·a·tion/ (spe″se-a´shun) the evolutionary formation of new species.
spe·ci·a·tion (spsh-shn, -s-)
n.
The evolutionary formation of new biological species, usually by the division of a single species into two or more genetically distinct ones.
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This contrasts with other known animal speciations, in which the emergence of the new species occurs only once.
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