speciation

English Thesaurus

1. the evolution of a biological species (noun.process)

hypernym	:	evolution, organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny,
definition	:	(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms (noun.process)

derivation	:	differentiate, specialise, specialize, speciate,
definition	:	evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment (verb.change)

derivation	:	differentiate, specialise, specialize, speciate,
definition	:	evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment (verb.change)