Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Occupying separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
  • adjective Occurring among populations having such a distribution.

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  • adjective biology Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed

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  • adjective (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

Etymologies

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[allo– + Greek patrā, fatherland (from patēr, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots) + –ic.]

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allopatry +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The process that von Buch described now goes by the label allopatric speciation.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • But the far more vital part of evolutionary theory (or "Darwinism", as the evangelicals call it, if any creationists are still reading) is the idea of allopatric speciation.

    David Horton: Keep Evolution Out of Schools 2009

  • Paul used this phenomenon known as allopatric speciation to explain the evolution of Hershey Kisses and Snow Caps, both with a similar shape but the latter with a sugar-covered top.

    Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2011

  • This 'making' of new species is known as allopatric speciation and similar patterns are seen with cichlids in the great lakes of Africa.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • This 'making' of new species is known as allopatric speciation and similar patterns are seen with cichlids in the great lakes of Africa.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • But the far more vital part of evolutionary theory (or "Darwinism", as the evangelicals call it, if any creationists are still reading) is the idea of allopatric speciation.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • If such isolated (termed allopatric) populations accumulate mutations over time, this might lead to the divergence of such populations from each other, and reproductive isolation might arise as a simple byproduct of these separate evolutionary histories.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

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  • Occurring in separate, non-overlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.

    October 10, 2007

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    So spew molten woo
    While knowing that you
    And she are no doubt allopatric.

    June 14, 2016