Peripatric speciation
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Peripatric speciation is a form of speciation, the formation of new species through evolution. In this form, new species are formed in isolated peripheral populations; this is similar to allopatric speciation in that populations are isolated and prevented from exchanging genes. However, peripatric speciation, unlike allopatric speciation, proposes that one of the populations is much smaller than the other.
Peripatric speciation was originally proposed by Ernst Mayr, and is related to the concept of a Founder effect, since small populations often undergo bottlenecks. Genetic drift is often proposed to play a significant role in peripatric speciation.
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| Basic concepts: species | chronospecies | speciation | cline |
| Modes of speciation: allopatric | peripatric | parapatric | sympatric | polyploidy |
| Auxiliary mechanisms: sexual selection | assortative mating | punctuated equilibrium |
| Intermediate stages: hybrid | Haldane's rule | ring species |
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