subspeciation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sub- + speciation
Noun[edit]
subspeciation (plural subspeciations)
- (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.