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SPECIATION

ALLOPATRIC- Speciation that occurs when two or more populations of a species are geographically isolated from one another and no longer able to interbreed.

SYMPATRIC- Speciation that occurs in populations with overlapping geographic ranges

PERIPATRIC- Speciation that occurs when a new species is formed from a small population isolated at the edge of the larger population's geographic range.