different between sympatric vs nonsympatric

sympatric

English

Etymology

From sympatry +? -ic.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /s?m?pæt??k/

Adjective

sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)

  1. (biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
    • 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix 2005, p. 349:
      There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

Hypernyms

  • (living in same territory without interbreeding): speciation

Coordinate terms

  • allopatric
  • peripatric
  • parapatric

Translations

sympatric From the web:

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  • what is sympatric isolation
  • what is sympatric and allopatric speciation
  • what is sympatric population


nonsympatric

English

Etymology

non- +? sympatric

Adjective

nonsympatric (not comparable)

  1. Not sympatric.

nonsympatric From the web:

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