subspeciation

noun

subspeciation

noun

Etymology From sub- + speciation.

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Biology, Natural sciences, Taxonomy The formation or evolution of a subspecies.

The first procedure would signify a process of successive subspeciations while the second one would mean simultaneous subspeciations, although this is not mandatory.2013, Eduardo H Rapoport, Areography: Geographical Strategies of Species, page 58:

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