Allopatric

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  • adjective. Occupying separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
  • adjective. Occurring among populations having such a distribution.
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  • adjective. Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed
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  • adjective. (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."
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