Dive into the different versions of this process, including “allopatric speciation” and “sympatric speciation,” and discover how they work. By Sam Walters. May 10, 2023 1:00 PM. A Galápagos finch, ...

Allopatric Speciation: It's a bit like a character in a movie going off and having adventures that change him so drastically that when he returns, the folks in his hometown no longer recognize the ...

Scientists discover at least 11 examples of sympatric speciation on Lord Howe Island. ... (a process known as allopatric speciation). Geographic barriers prevent reproduction between populations, ...

Exploiters (parasites and predators) are thought to play a significant role in diversification, and ultimately speciation, of their hosts or prey1,2,3. Exploiters may drive sympatric (within ...

“The genetic signature of sympatric speciation will erode over time,” Jones explained. “So the evidence disappears. You can’t rule out allopatric speciation (new species arising from ...

Using microsatellite DNA data from Darwin's finches in the Galápagos archipelago, they compare sympatric and allopatric genetic distances in pairs of species and find a striking tendency for a ...

Photos of two queen ants (left, the host species Mycocepurus goeldii and right, the parasitic species Mycocepurus castrator) shown side-by-side represent what may be an example of sympatric ...

Allopatric Speciation: It's a bit like a character in a movie going off and having adventures that change him so drastically that when he returns, the folks in his hometown no longer recognize the ...