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单词 allopatry
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allopatryn.

Brit. /ˈaləˌpatri/, U.S. /ˈæləˌpætri/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: allo- comb. form, -patry comb. form.
Etymology: < allo- comb. form + -patry comb. form, after allopatric adj. Compare earlier sympatry n. at sympatric adj. Derivatives.
Biology.
The occurrence of allopatric forms; (also) allopatric speciation.
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1942 E. Mayr Systematics & Origin of Species xxx. p. xiii. (table) Allopatry and overlap in the Halcyon chloris Group.
1953 E. Mayr et al. Methods & Princ. Syst. Zool. v. 101 There are five kinds of allopatry that may be encountered by the taxonomist.
1973 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 4 71 Frequent cases of abutting allopatry (parapatry) of congeners seem to support this argument.
2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory i. 76 Other proposed mechanisms of speciation, including most sympatric modes, envision rates of speciation even faster than conventional allopatry, and are therefore even more consistent with punctuated equilibrium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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