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parapatrically

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Etymology

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From parapatric +‎ -ally.

Adverb

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parapatrically (not comparable)

  1. Of the ranges of organisms, in a parapatric manner; in a manner that is adjacent, but not significantly overlapping.
    • 1970, Ernst Mayr, Populations, Species, and Evolution: An Abridgment of Animal Species and Evolution, page 318:
      Where it comes parapatrically in contact with the parental species, it will establish a narrow secondary hybrid zone (reproductive isolation will rarely be complete at the beginning).
    • 1988, Lawrence E. Mettler, Thomas G. Gregg, Henry E. Schaffer, Population Genetics and Evolution, page 275:
      It is easy to see how diversifying selection could result in the formation of parapatrically distributed races.
    • 2000, Richard C. Bruce, Robert G. Jaeger, Lynne Houck, The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, page 197:
      Several taxa of plethodontid salamanders exist as complexes of parapatrically distributed, genetically differentiated populations with sharp clines at the contact zone.
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