parapatricallyadv.
/ˌparəˈpatrᵻkli/, /ˌparəˈpeɪtrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈpætrək(ə)li/, /ˌpɛrəˈpeɪtrək(ə)li/ Biology.
As parapatric populations or species; by means of parapatric speciation.
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ontogenetically1872
phylogenetically1872
phytogenetically1881
ontogenically1888
orthogenetically1907
proterogenetically1938
cladogenetically1957
stasipatrically1968
parapatrically1969
1969 Science 31 Jan. 484/2 These mole rats are distributed clinally and parapatrically from north to south.
1983 E. C. Minkoff Evolutionary Biol. xiv. 248/2 Clarkia lingulata..appears to have formed parapatrically on the periphery of the range of Clarkia biloba.
1997 Evolution 51 1956/2 If the forms on both islands had a common origin, then comparable forms on different islands would show greater molecular similarity to each other than they would to the opposite form residing parapatrically in the same lake system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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