Genetic Speciation

"Genetic Speciation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The splitting of an ancestral species into daughter species that coexist in time (King, Dictionary of Genetics, 6th ed). Causal factors may include geographic isolation, HABITAT geometry, migration, REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION, random GENETIC DRIFT and MUTATION.

Descriptor ID	D049810
MeSH Number(s)	G05.045.350 G16.075.350
Concept/Terms	Genetic Speciation Genetic Speciation Speciation, Genetic Speciation, Genetics Cladogenesis Cladogeneses

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Genetic Speciation".

Biological Sciences [G]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Biological Evolution [G05.045]
Genetic Speciation [G05.045.350]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Biological Evolution [G16.075]
Genetic Speciation [G16.075.350]

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