接せつ合ごう前ぜん隔かく離り

noun

prezygotic isolation

Technical term in evolutionary biology. Refers to reproductive barriers that prevent mating or fertilization between species before a zygote is formed. Compare with 生殖的隔離 (reproductive isolation) and 接合後隔離 (postzygotic isolation).

See also: 生殖的隔離

• 接せつ合ごう前ぜん隔かく離りには、生せい息そく地ちの違ちがいや交こう尾び行こう動どうの違ちがいなどが含ふくまれる。

  Prezygotic isolation includes differences in habitat and mating behavior.