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MeSH Heading: Genetic Speciation
Tree Number(s): G05.045.350; G16.075.350
Unique ID: D049810
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049810
Scope Note: The splitting of an ancestral species into daughter species that coexist in time (King, Dictionary of Genetics, 6th ed). Causal factors may include geographic isolation, HABITAT geometry, migration, REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION, random GENETIC DRIFT and MUTATION.
Entry Term(s): Cladogenesis; Speciation, Genetics
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/23

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