reproductive isolation
noun
the conditions, as physiological or behavioral differences or geographical barriers, that prevent potentially interbreeding populations from cross-fertilization.
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Origin of reproductive isolation
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby reproductive isolation
reproductive, reproductive cell, reproductive cloning, reproductive cycle, reproductive imagination, reproductive isolation, reproductive system, reproductive systems, reprographics, reprography, reproof
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