Incipient species

(Zool.)

a subspecies, or variety, which is in process of becoming permanent, and thus changing to a true species, usually by isolation in localities from which other varieties are excluded.

incipient species

[in′sip·ē·ənt ¦spē·shēz] (evolution) Populations that are in the process of diverging to the point of speciation but still have the potential to interbreed.

incipient species

a population of a species which is approaching the point of genetic isolation from other populations of the same species, though presently capable of interbreeding with them.

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