English Explanatory Dictionary

Wallace effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process of speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation between two populations of species as a result of selection acting against the production of hybrid individuals of low fitness.

Word forms

Wallace effect Wallace effects

Etymology

Named after Alfred Russel Wallace.

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