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同所的種分化 (どうしょてきしゅぶんか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

同どう所しょ的てき種しゅ分ぶん化か

Meanings

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noun

sympatric speciation

Technical term in evolutionary biology referring to the formation of new species within the same geographic area.

同どう所しょ的てき種しゅ分ぶん化かは、地ち理り的てき隔かく離りなしに起おこる種しゅ分ぶん化かの一いち形けい態たいである。
Sympatric speciation is a form of speciation that occurs without geographic isolation.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
所place, extent
的bull's eye, mark, target
種

species, kind, class

分part, minute of time, segment

化change, take the form of, influence

Similar words

異い所しょ的てき種しゅ分ぶん化か
Allopatric speciation, where new species arise due to geographic isolation, contrasting with sympatric speciation.
側そく所しょ的てき種しゅ分ぶん化か
Parapatric speciation, where populations are adjacent but not completely isolated, intermediate between allopatric and sympatric.

Etymology

Compound of 同所 (dōsho, 'same place'), 的 (-teki, adjectival suffix), 種 (shu, 'species'), and 分化 (bunka, 'differentiation'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'sympatric speciation'.