Meaning of parapatrically | Babel Free

Definitions

Of the ranges of organisms, in a parapatric manner; in a manner that is adjacent, but not significantly overlapping.

not-comparable

Examples

“Where it comes parapatrically in contact with the parental species, it will establish a narrow secondary hybrid zone (reproductive isolation will rarely be complete at the beginning).”

“It is easy to see how diversifying selection could result in the formation of parapatrically distributed races.”

“Several taxa of plethodontid salamanders exist as complexes of parapatrically distributed, genetically differentiated populations with sharp clines at the contact zone.”

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