speciation
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Mr. Solomon estimates that significant steps toward speciation could arise within five to 10 generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
"The Cambrian period also had a massive speciation event, but the new models allow us to rule out oxygen and focus on other things that may have driven evolution during that time."
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2024
The work also provides new insights into how climate change has influenced baobab distribution and speciation patterns over millions of years'.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
"Consequently, the mutations already existed in a common ancestor and are therefore older than the speciation," says Wolf.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing speciation
Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - Middle School
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Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - High School
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Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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