Allochronic speciation is a form of speciation arising from reproductive isolation caused by a change in breeding time that reduces or eliminates gene flow between two populations of a species. The underlying phenomenon, a difference in phenology between two or more species, is called allochrony; speciation caused by it is allochronic speciation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Allochronic speciation (also known as allochronic isolation, or temporal isolation) is a form of speciation (specifically ecological speciation) arising from reproductive isolation that occurs due to a change in breeding time that reduces or eliminates gene flow between two populations of a species.
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