speciate

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They didn't speciate, but if a noticable and measurable morphological change can occur in less than 20 years, I think it is reasonable to say speciation could occur relatively quickly, IF SELECTION WAS STRONG ENOUGH.

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  • Once the environment changes, your equillibrium is punctuated and you speciate very quickly. —  Pharyngula
  • They didn't speciate, but if a noticable and measurable morphological change can occur in less than 20 years, I think it is reasonable to say speciation could occur relatively quickly, IF SELECTION WAS STRONG ENOUGH. —  Pharyngula
  • They live on a single island, but can breed together in times of plenty during El Niños, and then speciate again when times are tough —  remote central
  • If beneficial mutation A exists at one place in the population, and equally beneficial mutation B exists at another, it seems to me that so long as the population doesn't speciate —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Only species speciate, but their multiplication resembles that which goes on at lower levels. —  American Scientist Online
 

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