"Wallace effect" meaning in All languages combined

See Wallace effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Wallace effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after Alfred Russel Wallace. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Wallace effect (plural Wallace effects)
  1. (ecology, evolutionary biology) A process of speciation where natural selection increases the reproductive isolation between two populations of species as a result of selection acting against the production of hybrid individuals of low fitness. Wikipedia link: Alfred Russel Wallace Categories (topical): Biology, Ecology
    Sense id: en-Wallace_effect-en-noun-XfbMY3I3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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