Speciation

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Definitions and meanings of "Speciation"

What do we mean by speciation?

The formation of new biological species through the process of evolution. noun

The process by which new distinct species evolve. noun

The formation of different (inorganic) species, for example in a gas. noun

The evolution of a biological species noun

The process by which new distinct species evolve.

The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.

The determination of which species is/are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.

Speciation is when a new variant of a plant or animal species is created. Urban Dictionary

The process by which new species arise. Urban Dictionary

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The word "speciation" in example sentences

The actual moment when a "daughter" species can (or will) no longer cross-breed with the population from which it sprang (the definition of speciation) is almost impossible to pinpoint, let alone to witness. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If I understand front loading at all (please correct any misapprehension), the information necessary to produce speciation is already present from being pre-loaded and waiting for the appropriate moment to kick in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ken Miller, if he really wanted to, could cite 'intelligent cause' to explain speciation – and then cite any and all of the mainstream proposals as mechanism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Alan Fox: If I understand front loading at all (please correct any misapprehension), the information necessary to produce speciation is already present from being pre-loaded and waiting for the appropriate moment to kick in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Those macroevolutionary mechanisms that are involved in speciation and above fit right in with the theory. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Although there are differences in the definition of species that complicate a claim of speciation, it has not been any part of my claim that speciation is excluded. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That means that the same processes which result in speciation also result in the creation of different genera, families, orders, etc. (that is, "higher taxa" than species). ❋ Unknown (2006)

The importance of recent ice ages in speciation: a failed paradigm. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Two views of the process of "speciation" -- the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise -- dominates evolutionary theory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This intellectual task is not one of "generalization", but rather one of "speciation" -- specification of the broad range of variation that is possible within historical reality. ❋ Daniel Little (2009)

In the moist forests of the west, large radiations caused by natural fragmentation and climatic and edaphic processes facilitate dynamic speciation, which is extremely rapid, as well as adaptation for survival, with low density and rapid natural rates of extinction. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I can entertain the idea of speciation of designed forms. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One hundred thousand years is a long separation, long enough for what biologists call a speciation event. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

As well as providing strong evidence of this rare event - termed speciation - the scientists believe the research shows that the crossing of two species to form a new one might be "more common in nature than previously assumed". ❋ Unknown (2011)

This tells me that the commitment of many scientists to Darwinism is not to the idea of speciation as such, but to a broader philosophical commitment to a method by which it must happen, a method that supports broader philosophical ideas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

yo [i never] [seen that] thing, where did it [come] from?speciation. ❋ Keuroz (2023)

Speciation gives [rise] to new [types] of [animals]. ❋ Mega Nutter (2017)

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