Sentences with phrase «allopatric species»

On the other hand, European honeybees (A. mellifera ligustica), which are a related but allopatric species and were introduced to Japan in the Meiji era (about 140 years ago) for apiculture, exhibit only stinging behavior against the hornet.

Our data illustrate that fitness can decline quickly in nature when previously allopatric species interbreed.

Not exact matches

Because neither allopatric nor sympatric speciation require the extinction of the parent species.

There are three main ideas concerning the emergence of new species (Modes of Speciation), each based on the degree to which populations undergoing this process are geographically isolated from one another (allopatric speciation, sympatric speciation, parapatric speciation).

Allopatric speciation holds that species with large central populations are stabilized by their large volume and the process gene flow.

Comparisons of modern habitat and range of species to late Pleistocene and Holocene assemblages and distributions reveal disharmonious associations (i.e., the occurrence of presently allopatric taxa that are presumed to be ecologically incompatible), especially in late Pleistocene assemblages.