any of several closely related species, races, etc, each of which exists in a separategeographical area: assumed to have originated from a single population that became dispersed by geological events
Derived forms
vicariance (viˈcariance)
noun
Word origin
C20: from Latin vicārius (see vicar) + -ant
Examples of 'vicariant' in a sentence
vicariant
These drivers possibly facilitated geographic spread of ancestral lineages, local adaptation and vicariant isolation.
Samantha Mynhardt, Sarita Maree, Illona Pelser, Nigel C Bennett, Gary N Bronner, JohnW Wilson, Paulette Bloomer 2015, 'Phylogeography of a Morphologically Cryptic Golden Mole Assemblage from South-EasternAfrica.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4684196?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our results show how similar allopatric divergence in freshwater organisms can be promoted through diverse vicariant factors.
Carlos Pedraza-Lara, Ignacio Doadrio, Jesse W. Breinholt, Keith A. Crandall 2012, 'Phylogeny and Evolutionary Patterns in the Dwarf Crayfish Subfamily (Decapoda: Cambarellinae)',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0048233. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)