speciazione

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species. The biologist Orator F. Cook coined the term in 1906 for cladogenesis, the splitting of lineages, as opposed to anagenesis, phyletic evolution within lineages. Charles Darwin was the first to describe the role of natural selection in speciation in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. He also identified sexual selection as a likely mechanism, but found it problematic.

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Speciation is the evolutionary process where populations gradually change over time until they become distinct species—a concept that Charles Darwin first explained through natural selection in his 1859 book *On the Origin of Species*. Understanding speciation matters because it explains how Earth's enormous diversity of life forms originated and continues to develop, helping us comprehend the relationships between all living organisms.

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Research

41,486 papers

Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: A review.ReviewFood chemistry · 2018Hamilton EM, Young SD, Bailey EH et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.016
Speciation of heavy metals in soils and their immobilization at micro-scale interfaces among diverse soil components.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2022Li Q, Wang Y, Li Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153862
Non-chromatographic Speciation of As by HG Technique-Analysis of Samples with Different Matrices.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Welna M, Szymczycha-Madeja A, Pohl PDOI: 10.3390/molecules25214944
Imbalanced speciation pulses sustain the radiation of mammals.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Quintero I, Lartillot N, Morlon HDOI: 10.1126/science.adj2793
Coevolution with hosts underpins speciation in brood-parasitic cuckoos.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Langmore NE, Grealy A, Noh HJ et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.adj3210
Sympatric speciation in parasites--what is sympatry?ReviewTrends in parasitology · 2003McCoy KDDOI: 10.1016/s1471-4922(03)00194-6
Platinum speciation used for elucidating activation or inhibition of Pt-containing anti-cancer drugs.ReviewJournal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) · 2010Michalke BDOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2010.01.006
Ions Speciation at the Water-Air Interface.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Seki T, Yu CC, Chiang KY et al.DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00517

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Wikidata facts

Has part: mutation

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has characteristic: reproductive isolation
topic's main category: Category:Speciation
Commons category: Speciation
has effect: species
opposite of: extinction
topic has template: Template:Speciation

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La speciazione è un processo evolutivo grazie al quale si formano nuove specie da quelle preesistenti. Il concetto di speciazione è stato essenzialmente sviluppato da Ernst Mayr, Julian Huxley e Teodosij Dobžanskij. La speciazione risulta dalla selezione naturale e/o dalla deriva genetica, che sono i due motori dell'evoluzione. Questo fenomeno è una delle colonne portanti del neodarwinismo.

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