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Meaning of Wallace effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A process of speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation between two populations of species as a result of selection acting against the production of hybrid individuals of low fitness.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Wallace Line Wallace rule of nines Wallace tree Wallace-Woodworth Wallace's giant bee Wallace's Line

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