quantum speciation

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quantum speciation Traditionally, the rapid speciation that can occur in small populations isolated from the large, ancestral population, and that are therefore subject to the founder effect and to genetic drift. More recently, the term has been assigned a central role in the theory of punctuated equilibrium.

quantum speciation

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quantum speciation See quantum evolution.

quantum speciation

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quantum speciation See QUANTUM EVOLUTION.