parapatric speciation

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parapatric speciation

[¦par·ə¦pa·trik ‚spe·shē′ā·shən]

(evolution)

Gradual speciation whereby new species are created from populations that maintain overlapping geographic zones of genetic contact.

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Only the Gradient hypothesis is based on the model of parapatric speciation; all other hypotheses are based on the generally accepted theory of geographic (allopatric) speciation.

Hypotheses to explain the origin of species in Amazonia/Hipoteses para explicar a origem das especies na Amazonia

Here I shall advance the argument that habitat and microenvironmental gradients in edaphic and canopy conditions through the process of parapatric speciation may be important for the generation of much of the high species richness in neotropical palms.

On the Role of Microenvironmental Heterogeneity in the Ecology and Diversification of Neotropical Rain-Forest Palms (Arecaceae)

Pleiotropy and parapatric speciation. Evolution 36:263-270.

Body size, natural selection, and speciation in sticklebacks

Under allopatric and parapatric speciation models only a subset of the mt-haplotype variation would be captured by the incipient species; an even smaller subset would be captured under stasipatric and sympatric speciation models - although in the latter two models the effective population size for nuclear autosomes would also be reduced.

Mitochondrial-gene trees versus nuclear-gene trees, a reply to Hoelzer

1983); (2) reproductive isolation as a by-product of selection along the altitudinal gradient is a mechanism for parapatric speciation (Endler 1977; Barton 1983); and (3) the role of selection versus drift in the evolution of reproductive isolation is poorly understood (Coyne 1992).

Life-history adaptation and reproductive isolation in a grasshopper hybrid zone

He advocates parapatric speciation, using as a model the Mullerian mimic races of Heliconius butterflies, in which positive frequency-dependent selection creates narrow hybrid belts.

Hybrid Zones and the Evolutionary Process

Parapatric speciation, a third form of allopatric speciation (Bush 1975; Endler 1977), was not considered by Lynch because it appears to be phylogenetically indistinguishable from other forms of allopatric speciation (Wiley 1981: Cracraft 1982).