speciation
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"This study shows that there's a speciation 'gray zone' that can make it hard to draw the line," Chan said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Mr. Solomon estimates that significant steps toward speciation could arise within five to 10 generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
"These repeated incursions into freshwater at the early divergence stage likely accelerated speciation, and are key factors in explaining the extraordinary hyper-diversity of otophysans in modern freshwater faunas."
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025
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
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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