speciation

IPA: spˈiʃiˈeɪʃʌn

(taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve.
(chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.
(medicine, pathology) The determination of which species is/are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture.

Examples of "speciation" in Sentences

The criterion for speciation is in dispute.
It is the role of genetic drift in speciation.
Evolution describes the origin of species, as in speciation.
His work was influential in the study of speciation in biology.
It is a graphic to illustrate the observed speciation in the lab.
This was an early description of the process of geographic speciation.
I wanted to include it in the intro version in the speciation section.
But why bother with the way speciation occurs when the results are the same
Interactions among quantitative traits are in the course of symaptric speciation.
These are the speciation and extinction in the fossil record of North American mammals.