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Allopatric

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Adjective

1. allopatric

(of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Allopatric

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adjective
(of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another
Compare sympatric

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Allopatric

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adjective
Biology
of or pertaining to species of organisms occurring in different but often adjacent areas

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Allopatric

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adj.
1. Occupying separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
2. Occurring among populations having such a distribution: allopatric speciation.

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