speciation
(spē″sē-ā′shŏn)
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(spē″shē-ā′shŏn)
1. The evolutionary process by which new species of living organisms are formed.
2. The identification of the species of an organism, e.g., of an infectious bacterium. There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
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