parapatrically

parapatrically

English

Etymology

parapatric +‎ -ally

Adverb

parapatrically (not comparable)

1. Of the ranges of organisms, in a parapatric manner; in a manner that is adjacent, but not significantly overlapping.
   • 1970, Ernst Mayr, Populations, Species, and Evolution: An Abridgment of Animal Species and Evolution, page 318:

     Where it comes parapatrically in contact with the parental species, it will establish a narrow secondary hybrid zone (reproductive isolation will rarely be complete at the beginning).

   • 1988, Lawrence E. Mettler, ‎Thomas G. Gregg, ‎Henry E. Schaffer, Population Genetics and Evolution, page 275:

     It is easy to see how diversifying selection could result in the formation of parapatrically distributed races.

   • 2000, Richard C. Bruce, ‎Robert G. Jaeger, ‎Lynne Houck, The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, page 197:

     Several taxa of plethodontid salamanders exist as complexes of parapatrically distributed, genetically differentiated populations with sharp clines at the contact zone.