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allopatric

adjective Referring or relating to allopatry.

allopatric

(of a population) being geographically separate (or nearly so) from another population of the same species. Compare SYMPATRIC.
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In a general review of the phenomenon of hyperostosis in fishes, including those of the allopatrically distributed and externally nearly identical species Caranx hippos (Linnaeus) (Atlantic Ocean) and C.
Review of the crevalle jacks, Caranx hippos complex (Teleostei: Carangidae), with a description of a new species from West Africa
The study of introgression patterns of different characters through hybrid zones between allopatrically diverged taxa provides insight into dynamic evolutionary processes.
Centromeric incompatibilities in the hybrid zone between house mouse subspecies from Denmark: evidence from patterns of NOR activity
Yet, even if species form allopatrically they may produce viable and fertile hybrids when they later become sympatric.
Adaptive radiation in sticklebacks: trade-offs in feeding performance and growth
Previously, hybrid zones were considered temporary transition zones resulting from secondary contact of allopatrically diverged species, but arguments have been raised in favor of both the stability of hybrid zones (Moore and Buchanan 1985; Barton and Hewitt 1989) and of the potential role of primary origin (McNeilly and Antonovics 1968; Endler 1977).
The maintenance of a cline in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis: the role of home site advantage and hybrid fitness
However, these barriers are unlikely to be absolute and in cases where closely related taxa replace each other allopatrically, the failure to spread is likely to partly result from biotic interactions.
Evolution of breeding distributions in the old world leaf warblers (genus phylloscopus)
John River drainage) resulted from the secondary contact of two monophyletic groups of whitefish that evolved allopatrically in the Atlantic and Acadian refugia [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 1 OMITTED] during the last glaciation events (Bernatchez and Dodson 1990a).
Multiple modes of speciation involved in the parallel evolution of sympatric morphotypes of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis, Salmonidae)

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