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incipient species

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incipient species [in′sip·ē·ənt ¦spē·shēz]
(evolution)
Populations that are in the process of diverging to the point of speciation but still have the potential to interbreed.


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One aspect of SPH is that it casts the levels as developmental stages with irreversible trajectories of individuation (think of the incipient species becoming a [humanly] recognized species which ultimately gives rise to another species lineage).
An incipient species is an isolated group of animals presumed to be in the early stages of evolving into a new species.
 
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