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subspeciation

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English

Etymology

From sub- + speciation.

Noun

subspeciation (plural subspeciations)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) The formation or evolution of a subspecies.
    • 2013, Eduardo H Rapoport, Areography: Geographical Strategies of Species, page 58:
      The first procedure would signify a process of successive subspeciations while the second one would mean simultaneous subspeciations, although this is not mandatory.

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