speciation
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"This study shows that there's a speciation 'gray zone' that can make it hard to draw the line," Chan said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Mr. Solomon estimates that significant steps toward speciation could arise within five to 10 generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
"Consequently, the mutations already existed in a common ancestor and are therefore older than the speciation," says Wolf.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
But a study of fossils from East Africa’s Lake Victoria shows that it takes more than arriving early to win the speciation race.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023
What impetus drove the descent of, say, thirteen variants of finches down the fierce rivulets of speciation?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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