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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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Nearby words

reproductive, reproductive cell, reproductive cloning, reproductive cycle, reproductive imagination, reproductive isolation, reproductive system, reproductive systems, reprographics, reprography, reproof

Origin of reproductive isolation

First recorded in 1980–85
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